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ERIC Number: EJ1404865
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 17
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-1539-1523
EISSN: EISSN-1945-0818
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Evaluating the Role of Professional Development on Elementary Teachers' Knowledge, Comfort, and Beliefs Related to Teaching Computer Science to Students with High-Incidence Disabilities
Amy Hutchison; Kristie Gutierrez; Jamie Colwell; Anya Evmenova; Jeff Offutt; Margaret Gross
Journal of Research on Technology in Education, v55 n6 p1003-1019 2023
This article reports results from the implementation of a model of professional development (PD) to help K-5 teachers develop the knowledge and skills to teach Computer Science (CS) in classrooms of diverse students, including students with high-incidence disabilities. This article describes our Inclusive CS model of PD, how we made the PD model available to teachers during a pandemic and presents quantitative and qualitative results about the impact of the PD on teachers' knowledge, comfort, and beliefs related to teaching computer science to students. Results indicate that the teachers' knowledge, comfort, beliefs and perceptions about teaching CS to students with disabilities significantly improved. Teachers' knowledge and understanding of Universal Design for Learning for supporting students in learning about CS also improved.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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