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Tom Harrison; Gianfranco Polizzi; Shane McLoughlin; Francisco Moller – Education and Information Technologies, 2024
Cyber-wisdom is the ability to know and do the right thing at the right time, when using digital technologies, and is a concept that is gaining attention from educators. Whilst the theory and practice of cyber-wisdom education is established, to date there has been no attempt to investigate how the virtue of cyber-wisdom might be measured. This is…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Citizenship Education, Measurement, Computer Science Education
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Tran, Yune – Technology, Knowledge and Learning, 2018
The development of elementary-aged students' STEM and computer science (CS) literacy is critical in this evolving technological landscape, thus, promoting success for college, career, and STEM/CS professional paths. Research has suggested that elementary-aged students need developmentally appropriate STEM integrated opportunities in the classroom;…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Computer Science Education, Computer Literacy, Programming
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Guzdial, Mark; Ericson, Barbara; Mcklin, Tom; Engelman, Shelly – ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 2014
Georgia Computes! ("GaComputes") was a six-year (2006-2012) project to improve computing education across the state of Georgia in the United States, funded by the National Science Foundation. The goal of GaComputes was to broaden participation in computing and especially to engage more members of underrepresented groups which includes…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Educational Policy, Computer Science, Intervention
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Kolikant, Yifat Ben-David; Ben-Ari, Mordechai – Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2008
We explain certain learning difficulties in computer science education as resulting from a clash between the students' culture as computer users and the professional computing culture. We propose the concept of fertile zones of cultural encounter as a way of overcoming these learning difficulties. This pedagogical approach aims to bridge the gap…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Learning Problems, Cultural Differences, Computer Uses in Education
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Goode, Joanna – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2007
Despite the digital saturation of today's youth across demographic groups, students of color and females remain severely underrepresented in computer science. Reporting on a sequential mixed methods study, this article explores the ways that high school computer science teachers can act as change agents to broaden the participation in computing…
Descriptors: Minority Groups, High School Students, Secondary School Teachers, Student Participation
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers