Integrating Culture, Art, Geometry, and Coding to Enhance Computer Science Motivation Among Underrepresented Minoritized High School Students

Corkin, Danya M.; Ekmekci, Adem; Fisher, Alice

doi:10.1007/s11256-020-00586-8

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“…To date, most research on CS and mathematics integration has been focused on issues of access and how researchers and practitioners have created CS/Computational Thinking experiences through culturally responsive pedagogical approaches (Serrano Corkin et al, 2020;Eglash et al, 2013). While researchers reported that such interventions have had a positive impact on students' perceptions of themselves as possible CS doers, access to CS activities and interventions is only one dimension of culturally relevant-sustaining pedagogy.…”

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confidence: 99%

Near Peer Pedagogies for Culturally Sustaining Computer Science and Mathematics

Freeman,

Tucker-Raymond,

Gutierrez

2023

JCSI

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In this study, College STEM Literacy Workers act as co-teachers in 9th and 10th grade classrooms alongside mathematics teachers as they both learn to integrate a 30-hour integrated computer science/mathematics curriculum. As part of the curriculum for educator learning, we adapted the Algebra Project’s “Model of Excellence” for culturally relevant-sustaining pedagogies. We used the framework to explore how teachers understand College STEM Literacy Workers’ contributions in the model as well as College STEM Literacy Workers’ own experiences in the classroom. We found that while teachers and College STEM Literacy Workers did not individually instantiate the model of excellence, they were able to achieve its constituent components between them. We explore differences between teachers and College STEM Literacy Workers and the ways in which they worked together. We end with implications for a new model of excellence.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Near Peer Pedagogies for Culturally Sustaining Computer Science and Mathematics

Freeman,

Tucker-Raymond,

Gutierrez

2023

JCSI

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“…For example, students can relate the curriculum to their communities and experiences, thereby stimulating critical thinking and problem-solving skills while drawing on their wealth of community knowledge and cultural values. Integrating computer science curriculum with other subjects through culturally sustaining pedagogy has been shown to have a positive effect on underrepresented students' computer science identity and motivation (Corkin et al, 2020).…”

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confidence: 99%

Empowering Latinx Elementary School Students with Disabilities: Computer Programming through Culturally Sustaining Curriculum

Baek,

Saito-Stehberger,

Nam

et al. 2023

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This study explores the experiences of elementary school students with disabilities in learning computer programming and investigates the instructional strategies that enhance their learning within a culturally sustaining computer science curriculum. The case study was conducted in a special education classroom with multilingual Latinx students, utilizing an integrated computer science curriculum with a focus on community-based environmental literacy. The computer science projects aimed to promote peer collaboration, innovative problem-solving skills, and computational thinking skills. Students who typically do not interact with their peers engaged in rich collaboration during the computer science class. Additionally, students with behavioral and performance difficulties exhibited heightened engagement with the projects, channeling their creativity through computational thinking. Moreover, students applied the environmental knowledge they gained in class to real-world community settings. The instructional strategies employed by the teacher to support her students included engaging multiple senses, involving student experts, providing explicit instructions, modeling computational steps, and drawing connections between environmental and computational thinking concepts and students’ real-life situations. The results of this study underscore how a culturally sustaining computer science curriculum can empower diverse students, fostering inclusivity and leveraging their strengths. Furthermore, the results offer insight into effective teaching practices for supporting diverse students in a coding environment.

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Quadri

2024

Importance of Role Modeling in Educational Settings

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Integrating Culture, Art, Geometry, and Coding to Enhance Computer Science Motivation Among Underrepresented Minoritized High School Students

Cited by 6 publications

References 44 publications

Near Peer Pedagogies for Culturally Sustaining Computer Science and Mathematics

Near Peer Pedagogies for Culturally Sustaining Computer Science and Mathematics

Empowering Latinx Elementary School Students with Disabilities: Computer Programming through Culturally Sustaining Curriculum

Gender and Role Modeling

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