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Culturally Responsive Storytelling Across Content Areas Using American Indian Ledger Art and Physical Computing

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Minneapolis, MN

Publication Date

August 23, 2022

Start Date

June 26, 2022

End Date

June 29, 2022

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Page Count

10

DOI

10.18260/1-2--42109

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https://peer.asee.org/42109

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Brittany Fasy

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Brittany Terese Fasy is an Associate Professor at Montana State University. Her research is in computational topology and computer science education. She is the PI of two large NSF-funded projects that aim to bring computer science to rural and American Indian students in Montana through storytelling.

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Joseph Chipps Montana State University - Bozeman

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Joseph Chipps is a postdoctoral researcher at Montana State University, studying computer science education. A former secondary computer science educator, curriculum developer, and professional development facilitator, Joseph works with teachers to support their practice and beliefs about students in computer science.

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Stacey Hancock Montana State University - Bozeman

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Stacey Hancock is an Associate Professor of Statistics at Montana State University. Her primary research interests lie in statistics and data science education. Currently, she is Co-PI on two large NSF grants that aim to bring computer science to rural and American Indian K-12 students in Montana through storytelling and the Indian Education for All curriculum.

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Aayushi Dangol

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Kristin Searle Utah State University

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Dr. Kristin Searle (she/her) is assistant professor of Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences at Utah State University. Dr. Searle’s research focuses on how participating in making activities (like electronic textiles) can broaden young peoples’ sense of what computing is and who can do it, with a particular focus on the development of culturally responsive computing pedagogies. Dr. Searle has been internationally-recognized for her qualitative research in computing education, as the recipient of the 2015 John Henry Prize from the International Computing Education Research association. Her scholarship has appeared in Harvard Educational Review, Thinking Skills and Creativity, and the International Journal of Multicultural Education.

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Colby Tofel-Grehl Utah State University

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Aubrey Rogowski Utah State University

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Aubrey Rogowski is a doctoral candidate at Utah State University and a former elementary teacher. She works to bring equitable access to computing for all students. Her doctoral work aims to evaluate a professional development program for educators learning to teach STEM and computational thinking to K-6 students.

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Mengying Jiang Utah State University

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Mengying is a Ph.D. student in Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences at Utah State University. Her research interests focus on design-based research, culturally responsive computing, and learning environment design.

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Abstract

In July 2021, Computer Science (CS) standards were officially added as a subject area within the K-12 Montana content standards. However, due to a lack of professional development and pre-service preparation in CS, schools and teachers in Montana are underprepared to implement these standards. Montana is also a unique state, since American Indian education is mandated by the state constitution in what is known as the Indian Education for All Act. We are developing elementary and middle school units and teacher training materials that simultaneously address CS, Indian Education, and other Montana content standards. In this paper, we present a unit for fourth through sixth grades using a participatory design approach. Through physical computing, students create a visual narrative of their own stories inspired by ledger art, an American Indian art medium for recording lived experiences. We discuss the affordances and challenges of an integrated approach to CS teaching and learning in elementary and middle schools in Montana.

Fasy, B., & Chipps, J., & Hancock, S., & Dangol, A., & Searle, K., & Tofel-Grehl, C., & Rogowski, A., & Jiang, M. (2022, August), Culturally Responsive Storytelling Across Content Areas Using American Indian Ledger Art and Physical Computing Paper presented at 2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Minneapolis, MN. 10.18260/1-2--42109

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