While there has been a remarkable interest to make computer science a core K-12
academic subject in the United States, there is a shortage of K-12 computer science …

Abstract Mathematics popularization is an important, creative kind of research, entangled
with many other research programs of basic interest—Mike Fellows This chapter is a history …

This paper describes the integration of the Alice 3D virtual worlds environment into a diverse
set of subjects in middle school, including the development of tutorials, example worlds and …

Cybersecurity-and in particular secure communication-is a topic that is, to varying degrees, a
part of many modern computer science (CS) curricula. Also, students encounter it as a …

This paper describes" Computational Thinking for the Sciences", a 3-day summer workshop
for high school science and mathematics teachers. Our workshop emphasizes the deep …

In this paper, we aim to directly measure a CS4HS workshop's participating teachers' ability
to synthesize CSTA computational thinking core concepts into actionable lesson plans for …

Quantitative and computational skills are required of 21st-century biologists. While biology
student abilities and attitudes toward math have been studied extensively, less is known …

Computer Science Unplugged (also known as “CS Unplugged” or just “Unplugged”) is an
approach to communicating some of the great ideas of computer science without requiring …

The decline of student enrollment in computer science (CS) is a pressing issue for
computing educators. One of the solutions is to provide K-12 teachers with CS related …

Computer Science as a subject is struggling to attract young people in many countries
around the world, including New Zealand and the US. Often students are taught …