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Fagan, Bryan J.; Payne, Bryson R. – Proceedings of the Interdisciplinary STEM Teaching and Learning Conference, 2017
The US Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts over 8 million job openings in IT and computing, including 1 million cybersecurity postings, over the current five-year period. This paper presents lessons learned in preparing middle-school students in rural Georgia for future careers in computer science/ IT by teaching computer programming in the free,…
Descriptors: Programming Languages, Teaching Methods, Computer Science Education, Open Source Technology
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Formica, Sarah P.; Easley, Jessica L.; Spraker, Mark C. – Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research, 2010
To determine whether teaching an introductory physics course with a traditional lecture style or with Just-in-Time teaching (a student-centered, interactive-engagement style) will help students to better understand Newtonian concepts, such as Newton's Third Law, 222 students in introductory physics courses taught by traditional lecture styles and…
Descriptors: Physics, Lecture Method, Introductory Courses, Computer Assisted Instruction