Computational thinking for teacher education

A Yadav, C Stephenson, H Hong - Communications of the ACM, 2017 - dl.acm.org
Computational thinking for teacher education Page 1 APRIL 2017 | VOL. 60 | NO. 4 |
COMMUNICATIONS OF THE ACM 55 ENTHUSIASM HAS GROWN in recent years for computer …

Computational thinking in elementary classrooms: Measuring teacher understanding of computational ideas for teaching science

A Yadav, C Krist, J Good, EN Caeli - Computer Science Education, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT A number of efforts have focused on preparing teachers to integrate CT within
secondary disciplinary subject areas; however, there is little research on how CT ideas …

Computer science pedagogical content knowledge: Characterizing teacher performance

A Yadav, M Berges - ACM Transactions on Computing Education (TOCE …, 2019 - dl.acm.org
Computer science education efforts are expanding across the globe to equip students with
the necessary computing skills for today's digital world. However, preparing students to …

Testing the Consensus Model: relationships among physics teachers' professional knowledge, interconnectedness of content structure and student achievement

S Liepertz, A Borowski - International Journal of Science Education, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
The structure and definition of professional knowledge is a continuing focus of science
education research. In 2012, a pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) summit was held and …

Does it matter what we measure? Domain-specific professional knowledge of physics teachers

E Cauet, S Liepertz, A Borowski… - Schweizerische Zeitschrift …, 2015 - pedocs.de
Can we be confident that extensively validated tests for teachers on their professional
knowledge actually measure what matters for effective teaching? This study investigated the …

Response process validity evidence in chemistry education research

JM Deng, N Streja, AB Flynn - Journal of Chemical Education, 2021 - ACS Publications
Response process validity evidence can provide researchers with insight into how and why
participants interpret items on instruments such as tests and questionnaires. In chemistry …

Student teachers' pedagogical content knowledge for teaching systems thinking: Effects of different interventions

F Rosenkränzer, C Hörsch, S Schuler… - International Journal of …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Systems' thinking has become increasingly relevant not only in education for sustainable
development but also in everyday life. Even if teachers know the dynamics and complexity of …

Pre-service teachers' professional vision of instructional support in primary science classes: How content-specific is this skill and which learning opportunities in initial …

M Todorova, C Sunder, M Steffensky… - Teaching and Teacher …, 2017 - Elsevier
Professional vision of instructional support in primary science was investigated with respect
to its content-specificity and to learning opportunities in initial teacher education (ITE) which …

Using Vignettes to Elicit Students' Understanding of Dispositions in Computing Education

R McCauley, M Sabin, AN Kumar… - 2023 IEEE Frontiers …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Vignettes are short stories along with a set of questions that engage the reader to comment
on the story. Vignettes have been used in professional academic programs (eg, teacher …

Board 363: Promoting the Dispositional Dimension of Competency in Undergraduate Computing Programs

B MacKellar, N Kiesler, R Raj, M Sabin, R McCauley… - 2023 - par.nsf.gov
The Computing Curricula 2020 (CC2020) report, issued by the ACM and IEEE Computer
Society, identified knowledge, skills, and dispositions as the three main components of …