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Yin-Chan Liao; Jiyoung Kim; Anne T. Ottenbreit-Leftwich; Michael Karlin; Meize Guo – ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 2024
Objectives: Computer Science (CS) education has become increasingly prevalent in elementary schools because of multiple rationales, such as the importance of computational literacy and the growing demand for CS-related workforce preparation. As elementary CS standards continue to be adopted by many states, more examples and voices from the field…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Computer Science Education, Teacher Attitudes, Computer Literacy
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Cakiroglu, Unal; Yilmaz, Huseyin – Contemporary Educational Technology, 2017
This article draws on a one-semester study to investigate the effect of videos and 3D animations on students' conceptual understandings about basic computer units. A quasi-experimental design was carried out in two classrooms; videos and 3D animations were used in classroom activities in one group and those were used for homework in the other…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Basic Skills, Animation, Computer Simulation
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Marksbury, Nancy – Forum on Public Policy Online, 2017
Higher education institutions are charged with creating one million more STEM professionals over the next decade, a 34% increase in undergraduate STEM degrees annually (PCAST 2012). Examining why college STEM courses manifest high attrition rates, interdependencies emerge that begin in early childhood education. Those of us in higher education…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Rural Areas, Elementary School Teachers, Faculty Development