STEM professional development activities and their impact on teacher knowledge and instructional practices

S Mohamad Hasim, R Rosli, L Halim, MM Capraro… - Mathematics, 2022 - mdpi.com
The science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) field is a crucial global
driver for the development of various aspects of modern society, such as the economy …

Toward a debugging pedagogy: helping students learn to get unstuck with physical computing systems

C Hennessy Elliott, A Gendreau Chakarov… - Information and …, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine how a middle school science teacher, new
to programming, supports students in learning to debug physical computing systems …

Co-design Pedagogy for Computational Thinking Education in K-12: A Systematic Literature Review

AO Sunday, FJ Agbo, J Suhonen - Technology, Knowledge and Learning, 2024 - Springer
The recent popularity of computational thinking (CT) and the desire to apply CT in our daily
lives have prompted the need for a successful pedagogical technique for learning CT in K …

Innovative ongoing support within a multifaceted computational thinking professional learning program improves teachers' self-efficacy and classroom practices

J Yuan, CB Brigandi, KE Rambo-Hernandez… - Computers & …, 2025 - Elsevier
In-service elementary school teachers need training to teach computational thinking (CT). A
common model for CT professional learning programs includes an initial workshop followed …

Teacher re-novicing on the path to integrating computational thinking in high school physics instruction

WB Lane, TM Galanti, XL Rozas - Journal for STEM Education Research, 2023 - Springer
Integrating computational thinking (CT) into STEM disciplines requires secondary teachers
to develop their pedagogical content knowledge of computing and content integration …

The data sensor hub (DaSH): A physical computing system to support middle school inquiry science instruction

A Gendreau Chakarov, Q Biddy, C Hennessy Elliott… - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
This article describes a sensor-based physical computing system, called the Data Sensor
Hub (DaSH), which enables students to process, analyze, and display data streams …

[PDF][PDF] Designing an AI Partner for Jigsaw classrooms

J Cao, R Dickler, M Grace, JB Bush… - … -Based AI Agent …, 2023 - aichildinteraction.github.io
The Jigsaw is a cooperative learning model that is widely used to organize small group
classroom activities so that students have to be dependent on each other to succeed. There …

Bringing computational thinking into classrooms: a systematic review on supporting teachers in integrating computational thinking into K-12 classrooms

Z Liu, Z Gearty, E Richard, CH Orrill… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
Although computational thinking (CT) is becoming increasingly prevalent in K-12 education,
many teachers find it challenging to integrate it with their classroom learning. In this …

Getting a grip on how we talk about computational practices in science in settings of teacher learning

AV Farris, G McLaughlin - Journal of Computer Assisted …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Background Science teachers' understanding of the roles of computing practices in science
frame how they enact scientific computational practices in their teaching and how their …

Empowering Vocational Students: A Research-Based Framework for Computational Thinking Integration

S Hermans, T Neutens, F Wyffels, P Van Petegem - Education Sciences, 2024 - mdpi.com
Vocational Education and Training (VET) faces significant challenges in equipping
individuals for modern workplaces, which increasingly require digital literacy and …