‘‘I want my robot to look for food’’: Comparing Kindergartner’s programming comprehension using tangible, graphic, and hybrid user interfaces
Lead Organization(s)
Year
2014
Technology
Designing Tools for Developing Minds: The Role of Child Development in Educational Technology
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Year
2015
ScratchJr Demo: A coding language for Kindergarten
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Year
2015
Code and Tell: Assessing Young Children’s Learning of Computational Thinking Using Peer Video Interviews with ScratchJr
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Year
2015
Constructing the ScratchJr programming language in the early childhood classroom
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Year
2015
To customize or not to customize? Exploring science teacher customization in an online lesson portal
New technologies are increasingly giving science teachers the ability to access and customize science lessons. However, there is substantial debate in the literature about whether and under what conditions teacher customization benefit student learning. In this study, we examined teacher customization of inquiry-based science lessons from an online lesson portal. We found that students who completed teacher-customized lessons had greater improvements in science content understanding than students who completed non-customized lessons.
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Year
2016
Short Description
The Learning Portal: Hundreds of Free Digital Activities Using Models and Probes
The Innovative Technology in Science Inquiry (ITSI) project is a learning portal with hundreds of free, customizable science, math,
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Year
2015
Short Description
City Digits: Developing Socially-Grounded Data Literacy Using Digital Tools
Williams, S., Deahl, E., Rubel, L., & Lim, V. (2014). City Digits: Developing Socially-Grounded Data Literacy Using Digital Tools. Journal of Digital and Media Literacy, 2(2). www.jodml.org
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Year
2014
Short Description
Critical Pedagogy of Place in Mathematics: Texts, Tools and Talk
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Year
2015
Short Description
This paper explores the potential of integrating critical and place-based perspectives supported by mobile, digital technologies in secondary mathematics. The paper describes two curricular modules: Local Lotto, a mathematical investigation of the state lottery, and Cash City, a mathematical investigation about pawn shops, which were piloted in a high school in an underserved neighborhood in New York City.
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The 8 Elements of Inclusive STEM High Schools: Findings from the STEM School Study
The STEM School Study (S3) team sat down with inclusive STEM school leaders from over 25 inclusive STEM schools and asked them to describe the parts of their schools that are essential to their school models. We found that while STEM schools vary in many ways, there are eight major Elements common to them all. Each Element is comprised of a number of components and together, they illustrate what STEM schools are and lay the groundwork for understanding how STEM schools work to achieve their goals.
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Year
2014
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