STEM and computer science education publications
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Scaling Up CoolThink@JC: Implementation Study Midline Report
A midline report of CoolThink implementation, its emerging CoolThink ecosystem, and the factors for successful adoption at scale.
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Where Are CoolThink Students Making the Greatest Learning Gains? Linking CoolThink@JC Implementation With Student Outcomes
An analysis of the correlation between CoolThink implementation and student learning in Hong Kong primary schools in their first or second year of adopting CoolThink@JC, a 3-year course sequence designed…
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Computational Literacy Across Secondary Settings (CLASS) Program
Abstract The California State University (CSU), Chico’s Computational Literacy Across Secondary Settings (CLASS) program, funded by a five-year Teaching Quality Partnership (TQP) grant in 2019, aimed to recruit, prepare, and…
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Mathematics, 3D Printing, and Computational Thinking Through Work-Based Learning (MPACT): An Education Innovation and Research (EIR) Grant Evaluation—Technical Report
This report presents findings from an evaluation of MPACT, which provides teacher professional development, and STEM industry mentoring and project-based learning for grade 4–7 students in geometry, computational thinking and…
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Collaborative Partnership to Teach Mathematical Reasoning Through Computer Programming
SRI Education used design-based implementation research to support mathematical generalization skills through Python programming in this NSF-funded study.
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Collaborative Partnership to Teach Mathematical Reasoning Through Computer Programming (CPR2) Fall 2020 Findings Memo
This Collaborative Partnership to Teach Mathematical Reasoning Through Computer Programming (CPR2) memo includes recommendations and findings from the observations, teacher interviews, student surveys, and student assessments in fall 2020.
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Collaborative Partnership to Teach Mathematical Reasoning Through Computer Programming (CPR2) Summer 2022 Findings Memo
This memo includes initial efficacy study results of final year of the Collaborative Partnership to Teach Mathematical Reasoning Through Computer Programming (CPR2) study. It additionally includes implementation findings for this…
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Global Benchmarking of Computational Thinking Education in Primary Schools
This report offers a framework for reviewing CoolThink@JC’s accomplishments to date and computational thinking education (CTE) initiatives in other jurisdictions.
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Collaborative Partnership to Teach Mathematical Reasoning Through Computer Programming (CPR2) Fall 2021 Findings Memo
This memo includes results of data collection from the second cohort of Collaborative Partnership to Teach Mathematical Reasoning Through Computer Programming (CPR2) teachers from classroom implementation of CPR2 in fall…
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Automated Student Group Collaboration Assessment and Recommendation System Using Individual Role and Behavioral Cue
We propose simple CNN deep-learning models that take in spatio-temporal representations of individual student roles and behavior annotations as input for group collaboration assessment.
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Los Angeles City College’s STEM Pathways Program: Participation and Impact
This report presents findings from three quasi-experimental studies estimating the impact of program participation overall, as well as STEM Learning Center participation and SI participation, specifically on STEM course success…
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Evaluation of Los Angeles City College’s STEM Pathways Program: Impacts of STEM Pathways Program Participation on Student Outcomes
This report presents findings from a quasi-experimental study estimating the impact of STEM Pathways program participation on STEM course success and continuation in STEM, as well as degree attainment.