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Preparing Teachers to Engage Rural Students in Computational Thinking through Robotics, Game Design, and Culturally Responsive Teaching
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Leonard, Jacqueline; Mitchell, Monica; Barnes-Johnson, Joy; Unertl, Adrienne; Outka-Hill, Jill; Robinson, Roland; Hester-Croff, Carla – Journal of Teacher Education, 2018
This article examines teacher preparation and teacher change in engineering and computer science education. We examined culturally responsive teaching self-efficacy (CRTSE), culturally responsive teaching outcome expectancy (CRTOE) beliefs, and attitudes toward computational thinking (CT) as teachers participated in one of three treatment groups:…
Descriptors: Computation, Logical Thinking, Robotics, Educational Games
Using Robotics and Game Design to Promote Pathways to STEM
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Leonard, Jacqueline; Buss, Alan; Unertl, Adrienne; Mitchell, Monica – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2016
This research report presents the results of a STEM summer program on robotics and game design. The program was part of a three-year study funded by the National Science Foundation. Children in grades four through six participated in a two-week summer camp in 2015 to learn STEM by engaging in LEGO® EV3 robotics and computer-based games using…
Descriptors: Robotics, Design, STEM Education, Elementary School Students