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National Intern Day- Intern Shout Out

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Last week was National Intern Day, which gave me another reason to reflect on the many students I’ve worked with over the last seven years contributing to the K-12 CS Education Research Resource Center on our site. The Resource Center has been under development since 2017. Originally funded under a National Science Foundation grant and […]

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Learning Isn’t Observable. So How Do We Measure It?

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Written By: Julie Smith Note: This post is the second in an occasional series about learning analytics, based on the Handbook of Learning Analytics. We measure learning constantly – think of grades on spelling quizzes, SAT scores, and the bar exam. But it’s worth remembering that learning itself cannot be observed in the same way […]

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Learning Analytics: What Is It?

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Written by: Julie Smith Note: This post is the first in an occasional series about learning analytics, based on the Handbook of Learning Analytics. Concepts that are difficult to define are sometimes compared to trying to nail Jell-O to a wall. That analogy could certainly apply to learning analytics – there’s no shortage of definitions […]

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Join us at AERA 2023!

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Attending the AERA Conference in Chicago this month? Join us as we present at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) 2023 on April 14th and 15th.  Our panel, “Co-constructing Systemic Support for Sustaining Humanizing and Inclusive Computer Science Teacher Education”, will be presented on Friday, April 14th at 9:45 AM (1st Floor of the Swissotel […]

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Best Paper Award to Joey Reyes, Undergraduate Intern

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We’re pleased to recently learn that Joey Reyes and Monica McGill (advisor) received the best paper award at the 2023 ASEE IL-IN Section Conference held at Southern Illinois University – Edwardsville on April 1, 2023. Joey, an undergraduate student at Knox College, presented their paper Feasibility of Using the CAPE Framework to Identify Gaps in […]

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Attending SIGCSE Technical Symposium 2023? We’ll be there!

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We’ll be actively engaged in the 2023 SIGCSE Technical Symposium (TS) in Toronto. If you’d like to learn more about the work we have recently been engaged in, be sure to stop any of our sessions. Only our workshop requires registration.   Day/TimeTypeRoomTitle Wednesday, March 15, 7-10pm Workshop 713 Creating and Modifying Existing Surveys to […]

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CAPE Framework- K-12 CS Education Reports

New Project: Meta-Synthesis of K-12 CS Education Reports

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CSEdResearch.org received a grant from Google (Google CS-ER) to conduct CS education research. Our project is framed around the notion that, although CS K-12 CS education is growing, there is still a gap in the research, presumably caused by the infancy of CS education research and the barriers around funding research. However, corporations and foundations […]

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CSEd Research Community: Meet Dr. Melissa Toohey

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Dr. Melissa Toohey is the Curriculum Development Director at Seesaw, where she designs rigorous learning experiences that highlight diverse identities to help all students see themselves as computer scientists. Throughout her work she focuses on culturally relevant-sustaining pedagogy that promotes equity and access to computer science (CS) education for all. Melissa’s passion for equitable education […]

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Community Listening Sessions

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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 opportunity to share concerns about barriers within the community that prevent researchers from reaching their […]

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Connecting K-5 Students to Integrated Computer Science

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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 their curriculum is to teach computing by making critical connections between learning CS […]

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