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Runcie C. W. Chidebe; Phyllis A. Cummins; Rita Karam; Jenna Kramer; Donnette Narine; Takashi Yamashita – Grantee Submission, 2025
This qualitative study explored the views of community college employers, faculty, administrators, and students on the importance of foundational skills, including literacy, numeracy, and problem-solving skills, in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) programs of study. Participants (N=50) were recruited, semi-structured interviews…
Descriptors: STEM Careers, STEM Education, Employer Attitudes, School Business Relationship
Power, Jason Richard; Sorby, Sheryl A. – Grantee Submission, 2020
International comparisons suggest that middle school American students compare poorly to their international peers in tasks that require spatial skills. This deficiency in spatial skills is more prominent in females and has been linked to a lack of developmental activities influenced by gender norms. These deficiencies are especially concerning as…
Descriptors: Spatial Ability, Skill Development, Middle School Students, Curriculum Development
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Zhanxia Yang; Patricia Moore Shaffer; Courtney Hagan; Parastu Dubash; Marina Bers – Grantee Submission, 2023
The aim of this study was to explore how the Coding as Another Language using ScratchJr (CAL-ScratchJr) curriculum, developed by Boston College's DevTech Research Group utilizing the ScratchJr app, impacted second grade students' computational thinking, coding skills, and reading comprehension. To accomplish this, the research team randomly…
Descriptors: Coding, Programming Languages, Computer Science Education, School Districts
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Diana Owen – Grantee Submission, 2024
The Project Citizen Research Program (PCRP) was a three-year research initiative that evaluated the effectiveness of the Center's Project Citizen teacher professional development (PD) program and curriculum intervention for middle and high school students. The program took place over three academic years that were impacted by the COVID-19…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Curriculum Development, Middle School Students, High School Students