Conference Session

Developing Technological Literacy in Students

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Justin Lee Clough, University of Southern California; Patricia Chaffey, University of Southern California; Gautam Salhotra, University of Southern California; Colin G. Cess, University of Southern California; Rey Pocius, University of Southern California; Katie Mills, University of Southern California

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

RPPmodel, this partnership might best be described as a Community of Practice in which equal valueis placed on in-service teachers, Ph.D. students in CS and engineering majors, and students with ahistory of robotics learning experiences in elementary schools, all supported by the staff,infrastructure, and grants of the K-12 STEM Center. External independent assessment has beenprovided by STEM Program Evaluation, Assessment, and Research (SPEAR) consultants withsubstantial experience in evaluating education interventions such as BOTS.Called Building Opportunities with Teachers in Schools (BOTS), the collaborators aimed todesign a low-cost, scalable solution that focuses on improving the teachers’ confidence inteaching computer science through