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Integrating Computational Thinking in K-12: Strategies for Elementary Education and Teacher Development
Fri, April 25, 8:00 to 9:30am MDT (8:00 to 9:30am MDT), The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Terrace Level, Bluebird Ballroom Room 2ASession Type: Structured Poster Session
Abstract
With the increasing push to engage K-12 learners with computational thinking (CT), it is essential to understand how teachers and students can grasp and apply these concepts in elementary classrooms. There is a need to explore its broader integration into elementary education and how to develop teacher competencies in CT integration to meet disciplinary and computing learning goals. This session will present work from various projects focused on integrating CT in K-12 classrooms, with an emphasis on the elementary grades. Additionally, we will address what it means to provide equitable access to these ideas for all learners.
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Bringing Computational Thinking into Elementary Classrooms through a Robotics-enhanced Mathematics Curriculum (Poster 1) - Janet Fofang, University of Pittburgh; David Weintrop, University of Maryland
Online Professional Development on Computational Thinking with Elementary School Teacher in SouthEast Asia (Poster 2) - Yuhan Lin, VEX Robotics; Jason McKenna, VEX Robotics
Building Collective Truth: Interrogating a Multi-year Research Project to Move Toward Cultural Responsiveness (Poster 3) - Diane Jass Ketelhut, University of Maryland; Brian C. Nelson, Arizona State University; Kristina Kramarczuk, University of Maryland; Heather Killen, University at Buffalo - SUNY
Computer Science for Indigenous Linguistic and Cultural Revitalization (Poster 4) - Marissa Spang, American Institutes for Research; Tia Devonne Byers, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill; Kathryn Rich, American Institutes for Research
Embodied Cognition and Computer Science Learning for Multilingual Elementary Students (Poster 5) - Sharin R. Jacob, Digital Promise Global; Yenda Prado, Digital Promise; Jonathan L. Montoya, Saint Mary's College (CA); Mark Warschauer, University of California - Irvine
Elementary Teachers’ Infusion of CT in Science Lessons: Efforts and Opportunities (Poster 6) - Christina V. Schwarz, Michigan State University; Wanjoo Ahn, Michigan State University; Aman Yadav, Michigan State University; Zac Opps, Concord Consortium
Affordances of Teaching Computational Thinking through Problem Solving and Heritage in Rural Contexts (Poster 7) - Emi Iwatani, Digital Promise; Merijke Coenraad, Digital Promise Global; Kyle Dunbar, Michigan State University
Examining Educators’ Perceptions of Essential Design Principles for Integrated CT (Poster 8) - Merijke Coenraad, Digital Promise Global; Kyle Dunbar, Michigan State University