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Direct linkYin-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
Download full textMarksbury, 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
Shapley, Kelly; Sheehan, Daniel; Maloney, Catherine; Caranikas-Walker, Fanny – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2010
In the study of the Technology Immersion model, high-need middle schools were "immersed" in technology by providing laptops for each teacher and student, instructional and learning resources, professional development, and technical and pedagogical support. This article reports third-year findings for the teacher component of the…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Middle Schools, Technology Integration, Educational Technology
Landerholm, Elizabeth – 1994
This study surveyed 110 preschool and kindergarten teachers in the greater Chicago area to determine the range of attitudes, knowledge, and practices related to computer usage in their classrooms. The results indicated that over 90 percent of the teachers had positive or very positive personal and professional attitudes toward computers, and that…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Computer Attitudes, Computer Literacy, Computer Uses in Education
Peer reviewedLanderholm, Elizabeth – Early Child Development and Care, 1995
A sample of 250 early childhood teachers were surveyed to identify their computer attitudes. Found a general sequence of stages that early childhood teachers go through when implementing the computer into the classroom: a stage of focus on buying computers; a stage of confusion; a stage of pulling it all together; and finally, a stage of full…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Attitudes, Computer Literacy
Burrows, Lodema; Dubitsky, Barbara – 1984
A program, developed to train teachers to use the computer, is based on the belief that adults acquire computer literacy in the same way that children do: sequentially and with hands-on experience. Programming is taught first. Reliance is placed on peer teaching as well as teaching by a skilled instructor. The role of play is emphasized in…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Class Activities, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy
