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Lorien W. Cafarella – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Many middle school students come to Computer Science (CS) classes without any previous CS instruction or any Computational Thinking (CT) skills that are needed to be successful. To overcome this, many curriculums and programming environments have been used to engage students and to instill a love of CS. Which curriculum should be used to develop…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Computer Science, Computer Science Education, Program Effectiveness
Roba Hrisseh – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The push to teach coding in schools continues to gain momentum. Coding helps students develop skills in problem-solving, critical thinking, and creativity, as well as improve overall academic performance. However, students with disabilities often face challenges in areas such as problem-solving, mathematics, and multistep reasoning when learning…
Descriptors: Programming, Computer Science Education, Writing Instruction, Literacy
Xiaoyi Tian – ProQuest LLC, 2024
As Artificial Intelligence (AI) becomes increasingly ubiquitous in society, conversational agents such as Siri, Alexa, and ChatGPT are shaping the experiences of younger generations. However, these young users often lack opportunities to learn about the inner workings of these AI technologies. One way to foster such learning is by empowering…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Technology Uses in Education, Access to Computers, Access to Education
Li, Tingxuan – ProQuest LLC, 2019
In order to achieve broadening participation in computer science and other careers related to computing, middle school classrooms should provide students opportunities (tasks) to think like a computer scientist. Researchers in computing education promote the idea that programming skill should not be a pre-requisite for students to display…
Descriptors: Cognitive Measurement, Computation, Thinking Skills, Computer Science
Carey Davis – ProQuest LLC, 2020
An instructional focus on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) is a current popular educational due to the widespread need for skilled workers in these growing fields. Compounding this labor shortage is the fact that female students and workers are underrepresented in STEM subjects. The purpose of this study was to examine the…
Descriptors: Females, Self Efficacy, Middle School Students, Robotics
Amanda M. Meek – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Despite high scores and abilities, girls lose interest in science and math throughout middle school. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, jobs in the computer science research field will grow 19% by 2026; however, only 18% of the bachelor's degrees in computer science are earned by women in the United States (ComputerScience.org, 2021).…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Creativity, Programming, Computer Science
Lisa Fox – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Women are underrepresented in the field of computer science. The presence of female computer scientists has changed over time, with a downward trend in the past few decades, with only 18% of women compared to men earning their degrees in computer science. Increasing the numbers of female students who pursue computer science not only will lead to…
Descriptors: Influences, Middle School Students, Student Interests, Computer Science
Kayleigh Danielle Romero – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this quantitative study was to determine any correlations between an increase in knowledge from activities which utilize self-paced learning, inquiry-guided learning, and collaborative learning pedagogical strategies and students' intentions to pursue science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and computer science…
Descriptors: Pacing, Independent Study, Inquiry, Active Learning
Jose Antonio Lecea Yanguas – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This dissertation presents the first Systemic Functional Linguistics-based analysis of the teaching/learning of computational thinking through computer programming and comprehensive analysis of discourse of a whole computer programming course at any educational level. The current educational research raises questions about the nature of authentic…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Logical Thinking, Thinking Skills, Communication (Thought Transfer)
Jenks, Theodore G. – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The purpose of this action research was to implement a digital game development project and describe its effects on the performance and attitudes of eighth-grade students in a required computer science course at South Carolina School District Alpha. The following research questions were explored: (1) How does the game development project impact…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Active Learning, Student Projects, Games
Madeline Tate Hinckle – ProQuest LLC, 2023
As science becomes increasingly computationally intensive, the need for computational thinking (CT) and computer science (CS) practices in K-12 science education is becoming paramount. Incorporation of CT/CS practices in K-12 education can be seen in national standards and a variety of allied initiatives. One way to build capacity around an…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Science Instruction, Computation, Thinking Skills
Colon-Acosta, Nirmaliz – ProQuest LLC, 2019
As new introductory block-based coding applications for young students to learn basic computer science concepts, such as, loops and conditionals, continue to increase in popularity, it is necessary to consider the best method of teaching students these skills. Many of these products continue to exhibit programmatic misconceptions of these concepts…
Descriptors: Coding, Game Based Learning, Instructional Effectiveness, Programming Languages
Pan, Yi-Cheng – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Recent policies and initiatives emphasized the importance of helping all students acquire Computer Science (CS) knowledge and develop Computational Thinking (CT). This study investigated the impact of a school-university partnership model on school students' CT development in the context of an after-school program. This study also examined the…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, College School Cooperation, Computer Science Education, Middle School Students
Barrett, Joanne R. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Today we are faced with a shortage of qualified candidates for the growing computer science occupations that are among the fastest growing fields in our nation. A current shortage of students in the educational pipeline coupled with a lack of diversity in the field is impacting our technological growth and expansion. It has been suggested that it…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Equal Education, Sex Fairness, Females
Rachmatullah, Arif – ProQuest LLC, 2021
This dissertation conducted a science classroom intervention using two instructional approaches, computational modeling and paper-based pictorial modeling, in the context of food webs. A series of research papers were written on the impact of the intervention on students' attitudes and learning, and on teachers via professional development and…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Science Instruction, Food, Intervention
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