By Dr. Joe Tise, Senior Education Researcher, Institute for Advancing Computing Education Measuring teacher knowledge of the CS Teacher Standards can be a first step in growing teachers. To help teachers guide their professional development (PD), the Computer Science...
By Dr. Monica McGill, Founder and CEO, Institute for Advancing Computing Education We're looking forward to sharing our research and learning from others at the SIGCSE Technical Symposium in St. Louis February 18-21, 2026 in St. Louis, Missouri. The SIGCSE Technical...
By Dr. Julie M. Smith, Senior Education Researcher, Institute for Advancing Computing Education Why a guidebook for AI? Because most new technologies, like laptops, are adopted in schools as the result of a deliberate policy choice. But generative AI is different: it...
By Dr. Julie M. Smith, Senior Education Researcher, Institute for Advancing Computing Education Literacy skills set the foundation for academic success. Unfortunately, systemic barriers can sometimes prevent students – including young Black boys – from developing...
By Dr. Julie M. Smith, Senior Education Researcher, Institute for Advancing Computing Education About one-fifth of undergraduates are student parents, and these students are likely to differ somewhat from other students. However, little research has been conducted on...
By Dr. Monica McGill, Founder and CEO, Institute for Advancing Computing Education Many teachers in the United States are just starting to learn how to teach computer science (CS). However, the majority do not have others nearby with CS teaching experience to provide...
By Dr. Julie M. Smith, Senior Education Researcher, Institute for Advancing Computing Education The percent of engineering degrees awarded to people who have not typically pursued engineering has increased since 2010, indicating strides in broadening participation in...
Join us on Wednesday, February 26, 2025, from 1-5pm EST, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States (the day before ACM SIGCSE) for a workshop on conducting high-quality education research in computing designed to help address disparities in computing education. If...
By Dr. Joe Tise, Senior Education Researcher, Institute for Advancing Computing Education In this series we have discovered the many ways in which evidence of validity can be produced and ways in which reliable data can be produced; now, we take a deeper look at...