Computational Thinking Test
InstrumentsCT test for elementary school students
Survey about Computational Thinking
Curricular MaterialsAttitude towards CT (first section), Self-efficacy (second section), Learning experiences (third section). Learning experiences were asked only after the intervention
CryptoComics
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CryptoComics is a culturally responsive cryptology and cybersecurity curriculum for 7-11 year old. children. An innovative blend of a comic book, technology-based and unplugged activities engages kids in making and breaking codes, symbolic systems awareness and cryptology careers.
K-8 STEM Career Competencies: Developing Foundational Skills for the Future of Work Webinar #2
VideoOn November 17, 2021, STELAR held a Q&A Webinar Session to engage in a discussion of the K-8 STEM Career Competencies Framework. Authors responded to inquires about use and best practices, and participants shared their own resources and perspectives.Webinar slides: hereResources from STELAR’s K-8
K–8 STEM Career Competencies: Developing Foundational Skills for the Future of Work Q&A Session Webinar #2
EventOn November 17, 2021, STELAR held a Q&A Webinar Session to engage in a discussion of the K-8 STEM Career Competencies Framework. Authors responded to inquires about use and best practices, and participants shared their own resources and perspectives.
STELAR Webinar: K-8 STEM Career Competencies: Developing Foundational Skills for the Future of Work
VideoOn June 28, STELAR hosted authors Jessica Juliuson, Joyce Malyn-Smith, Sarah MacGillvray, and Clara McCurdy-Kirlis as they presented an overview of the competencies for their publication K-8 STEM Career Competencies: Developing Foundational Skills for the Future of Work. View slides to the webinar
STELAR Webinar: K-8 STEM Career Competencies: Developing Foundational Skills for the Future of Work
EventDeveloping and Piloting an Inclusive K-12 Computing Pathway
EventDigital Promise is hosting a webinar on Developing and Piloting an Inclusive K-12 Computing Pathway.
Using Robotics and Game Design to Promote Pathways to STEM
PublicationThis research report presents the results of a STEM summer program on robotics and game design. The program was part of a three-year study funded by the National Science Foundation. Children in grades four through six participated in a two-week summer camp in 2015 to learn STEM by engaging in LEGO® EV3 robotics and computer-based games using Scalable Game Design. Twenty-eight students participated in the study that took place in a small urban community in the Rocky Mountain West. This paper reports on the results of this part of the study, specifically, how children’s computational thinking
Developing Teachers' Computational Thinking Beliefs and Engineering Practices Through Game Design and Robotics
PublicationThis research report presents the final year results of a three-year research project on computational thinking (CT). The project, funded by the National Science Foundation, involved training teachers in grades four through six to implement Scalable Game Design and LEGO® EV3 robotics during afterschool clubs. Thirty teachers and 531 students took part in the Year-3 study that blended game design and robotics. Eight of these teachers and 98 students participated in a large urban city in Pennsylvania, while the remaining 22 teachers and 433 students participated in rural Wyoming. This paper