Professional Development for Integrating Computational Thinking and Mathematics: Teachers’ Perceptions and Practices

• In Event: STEM-C education

Short Description

This was an exploratory study of a research-based teacher professional development (PD) to support elementary school teachers’ computational thinking (CT) integration in math classrooms. We examined six teachers’ perceptions of the PD support with activities and resources provided by the research team and those teachers’ reported CT practices during the PD. The results provided insights into areas of improvement in instructional material design and ways to better support teachers’ CT integration in the classroom.

Authors

• Contributor: Yin-Chan (Janet) Liao, East Carolina University

• Presenter: Donna Eatinger, UChicago STEM Education

• Contributor: Sophia Galofaro, East Carolina University

• Contributor: Diana Franklin, University of Chicago