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Computers in Education Division (COED) Track 5.A

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Friday Emmanuel James, Kansas State University; Joshua Levi Weese, Kansas State University; Nathan H Bean, Kansas State University; Russell Feldhausen, Kansas State University; Michelle Friend, University of Nebraska - Omaha; Robert Stewart, Kansas State University; Carrie Grace Aponte; David S. Allen, Kansas State University

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factors of consideration for entering into the profession of teaching computerscience [39].We can therefore conclude that teacher identity plays a key role in shaping the pedagogicalapproaches and overall effectiveness of a teacher. It is thus imperative to evaluate the impactof the teacher training program on the unique identities of the teachers under study and howthey develop.Commitment. Teachers’ commitment plays a central role in the expansion and, subse-quently, the sustenance of computer science education, both on a rural and urban scale.Teacher training supports educators by boosting their commitment and confidence in theirability to teach computer science as well as leading students in completing course capstoneprojects [40]. Mentoring

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division (COED) Track 5.A

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathan H Bean, Kansas State University; Joshua Levi Weese, Kansas State University; Russell Feldhausen, Kansas State University; Michelle Friend, University of Nebraska - Omaha; Friday Emmanuel James, Kansas State University; David S. Allen, Kansas State University

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. In this paper, we draw upon the National Survey of Science and Mathematics Education, the High School Longitudinal Study of 2009, and the 2021 American Community Survey to underscore a lack of access to computer science learning contexts for students in these communities. We also explore how rural out-migration is compounding this challenge, and explore the roots of the rural out-migration trend. We then examine how multiple strains of research and scholarship identify rurality as either a place-based identification (i.e., where a student is from) or a distinct social identity. While convenient, geographic-based definitions lack important nuance in understanding rural populations and tend to emphasize

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division (COED) Track 4.A

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Foley, Universite de Sherbrooke

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engineering andbusiness students. Concept-Space functioned both as a detailed portfolio to document individualwork processes (graded) and as a team workspace for developing an innovative technologicalproduct for a valuable market. Before diving into these case studies, we will first examineConcept-Space itself and how its design draws from multiple properties of mental structures.2. Description and Foundations of Concept-SpaceConcept-Space was developed through a design process. It started with a comprehensiveexploration of available data from various domains and a synthesis of this information into aframework that was used to define a set of design requirements. This phase was followed by fouriterations of design, prototype, pilot study (with

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division (COED) Track 3.E

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Samuel B Mazzone, Marquette University; Dennis W Brylow, Marquette University

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graduation requirement 5 . ECS courseenrollments at CPS rose significantly, from 3,165 in 2013 to 7,901 in 2017, and 15,220 in2021 6 .The growing numbers of ECS teachers, students and schools have experienced numerous benefits.A previous study found that 43% of ECS students enrolled in additional high school CS courses,compared to only 26% of students who started with alternative classes 7 . Furthermore, a post-ECSsurvey revealed a significant surge in student interest in learning more about CS, with 43%expressing being “very interested,” up from 17% before the program began 8 . Students who havecompleted CS courses, particularly ECS, also tend to earn higher grades in subsequent sciencecourses than students who have not completed CS courses 9 . A