Past Events
Fall 2017 MSTE Friday Lunch Series: Researcher-Practitioner Partnerships in K-8 Integrated Computer Science Education
Champaign , USA
Classroom 201, 505 E. Green Street, Champaign, IL 61820
Classroom 201, 505 E. Green Street, Champaign, IL 61820
This presentation will provide an overview of the National Science Foundation-funded research on integrated K-8 computer science instruction for academically diverse learners, including those with disabilities.
Event Type: Lecture
Speaker Information: Maya Israel, Yasemin Cicek, Todd Lash, Chung Eun Lee, Michael McKelvey, Oliver Melvin, Mohamed Nasr, Jelena Pokimica, and George Reese
This presentation will provide an overview of the NSF-funded research on integrated K-8 computer science (CS) instruction for academically diverse learners, including those with disabilities. This work represents a collaboration between researchers at the University of Illinois and Cornell Tech as well as practitioners in Champaign Unit 4 School District. A brief overview of the following areas will be presented: Integration of CS into mathematics and other content areas, the Collaborative Computing Observation Instrument (C-COI), pedagogical approaches that support student learning, and future research directions.
Cost: Free and open to the public
Sponsor: Office for Mathematics, Science, & Technology Education (MSTE)