Given the recent discussions across asynchronous platforms this past week, many related to feedback from SIGCSE TS reviews, we have set up two listening sessions for community members to talk about their experiences and perspectives. The listening sessions are an...
We recently partnered with Code.org to conduct a national study that focuses on how K-5 teachers integrated computer science (CS) into their curriculum. Why? Well, Code.org is working on a new and unique CS curriculum called Computer Science Connections. The goal of...
In 2021 we received funding from a ACM SIGCSE Special Projects Grant, with our colleague Dr. Michelle Friend (University of Nebraska - Omaha) for a project we called: Solve this! Problems of practice teachers face in K-12 CS Education. Since then we have been working...
This past summer, IACE had the opportunity to partner with the Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA) and CREATE, a research center at the University of California, San Diego, to develop an assessment of teachers’ understanding and use of the CSTA K-12 CS...
Recently, K-12 teachers in Indiana spoke to us during #CSTAPDWeekIN (CSTA PD Week in Indiana) about teachers problems of practice that they have experienced or witnessed during their time teaching CS. We highlight here a few of their thoughts. —- K-12 CS teachers from...
This post features Dr. Satabdi Basu, a Senior Education Researcher at SRI International, an independent, nonprofit research institute. Dr. Basu joined SRI International in 2016 after receiving her Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University in Computer Science (CS) with a...
In this post, Bishakha Upadhyaya provides highlights of our SIGCSE 2020 paper on longitudinal trends in K-12 CS Education research (co-authored with Monica McGill and Adrienne Decker). For more details, read the paper. Research in the field of Computer...
In this blog post, Peter Hubwieser summarizes his work (with co-authors Elena Hubwieser and Dorothea Graswald) that was published in a 2016 journal article. Here, he highlights research exploring the importance of reaching girls earlier through motivation. The attempt...
As we start to ramp up our blog series via CSEdResearch.org, we reached out to Miranda Parker to learn about what she's researching these days in K-12 CS Education. Her work on remote learning is both timely and...well, read on to learn more! Currently, I’m working as...