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
. 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
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
Paper ID #48383BOARD # 84: WIP: Auto-gradable Hands-On Parse Tree Learning Tool inVirtual RealityColin Jacob Soule, Bucknell University Colin Soule is a graduating senior awarded the presidential fellowship at Bucknell University. He is currently committed to William & Mary’s Ph.D program to research algorithms and theoretical computation.Lea Wittie, Bucknell University Lea Wittie is an Associate Professor and Co-Chair in the department of Computer Science in the Engineering College at Bucknell University. She does computer science education research with students in first year engineering topics, concept inventories
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
Northern University Dr. Hylton is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Coordinator of the First-Year Engineering experience for the T.J. Smull College of Engineering at Ohio Northern University. He previously completed his graduate studies in Mechanical EnginDr. Bryan Alan Lutz, Ohio Northern University Bryan A. Lutz (he/they) is an Assistant Professor of Rhetoric and Composition at Ohio Northern University. His research examines how activists, advocates, and public and private organizations use technology and writing to define an identity, argue, and act to solve (or make) problems. He teaches organizational communication, academic writing, and professional writing courses. Dr. Lutz has published with
computer science and computer engineering students. This course was offered byour University’s School of Computing Department in Spring 2024 and Fall 2024 as a 3000-levelvariable credit hour elective course for the duration of a semester, approximately 15 weeks. These3000-level elective courses typically are special topics courses for interest areas or undergraduateresearch opportunities and often a place to pilot a course prior to a full 3-credit hour courseoffering. In addition, courses in this designation count toward a student’s graduation requirementsfor elective courses. As this course was listed as an upper-undergraduate level course, weexpected students to have some experience in coding and have taken an introductory 2000-levelsoftware