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CS Teacher Experiences with Educational Technology, Problem-BasedLearning, and a CS Principles Curriculum

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George Veletsianos,

Calvin LinAuthors Info & Claims

SIGCSE '16: Proceedings of the 47th ACM Technical Symposium on Computing Science Education

Pages 651 - 656

https://doi.org/10.1145/2839509.2844645

Published: 17 February 2016 Publication History

Abstract

Little is known about how K-12 Computer Science (CS) teachers use technology and problem-based learning (PBL) to teach CS content in the context of CS Principles curricula. Significantly, little qualitative research has been conducted in these areas in computer science education, so we lack an in-depth understanding of the complicated realities of CS teachers' experiences. This paper describes the practices and experiences of six teachers' use of technology that was implemented to support PBL in the context of a dual enrollment CS Principles course.

Results from an early offering of this course suggest that (1) while CS teachers used technology, they did not appear to use it to support student inquiry, (2) local adaptations to the curriculum were largely teacher-centric, and (3) the simultaneous adoption of new instructional practices, technologies, and curricula was overwhelming to teachers. This paper then describes how these results were used to modify the curriculum and professional development, leading to increased teacher satisfaction and student success in the course.

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https://doi.org/10.1080/08993408.2023.2209474
Zawicki JBanerjee SMazur NShively C(2018)Preparing students for the first AP computer science principles examJournal of Computing Sciences in Colleges10.5555/3205191.320522933:6(200-202)Online publication date: 1-Jun-2018
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/3205191.3205229
Bashir GHoque A(2016)An effective learning and teaching model for programming languagesJournal of Computers in Education10.1007/s40692-016-0073-23:4(413-437)Online publication date: 27-Jul-2016
https://doi.org/10.1007/s40692-016-0073-2

Index Terms

CS Teacher Experiences with Educational Technology, Problem-BasedLearning, and a CS Principles Curriculum
1. Applied computing
  1. Education
    1. E-learning
2. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Computing education
      1. Computing education programs
        Computer science education
      2. K-12 education

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SIGCSE '16: Proceedings of the 47th ACM Technical Symposium on Computing Science Education

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DOI:10.1145/2839509

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Sadik OOttenbreit-Leftwich A(2023)Understanding U.S. secondary computer science teachers’ challenges and needsComputer Science Education10.1080/08993408.2023.2209474(1-33)Online publication date: 4-May-2023
https://doi.org/10.1080/08993408.2023.2209474
Zawicki JBanerjee SMazur NShively C(2018)Preparing students for the first AP computer science principles examJournal of Computing Sciences in Colleges10.5555/3205191.320522933:6(200-202)Online publication date: 1-Jun-2018
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/3205191.3205229
Bashir GHoque A(2016)An effective learning and teaching model for programming languagesJournal of Computers in Education10.1007/s40692-016-0073-23:4(413-437)Online publication date: 27-Jul-2016
https://doi.org/10.1007/s40692-016-0073-2

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