Teacher education to integrate computational thinking into elementary science: A design-based research study

H Killen, M Coenraad, V Byrne, L Cabrera… - ACM Transactions on …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Computational thinking (CT) is playing an increasingly relevant role within disciplinary
teaching in elementary school, particularly in science. However, many teachers are …

Voices of Elementary Computer Science Teachers: Computer Science Integration Rationales and Practices

YC Liao, J Kim, AT Ottenbreit-Leftwich… - ACM Transactions on …, 2025 - dl.acm.org
Objectives. Computer Science (CS) education has become increasingly prevalent in
elementary schools because of multiple rationales, such as the importance of computational …

Reimagining computational thinking professional development: Benefits of a community of practice model

H Killen, M Coenraad, V Byrne, L Cabrera… - roceedings of the …, 2020 - par.nsf.gov
Cultivating teacher understanding of embedded computational thinking (CT) in elementary
STEM instruction can be challenging. In this paper, we investigate the success of a science …

Student teachers' experiences as mentees during the teaching practice in Rwanda

J Njiku - Australian Journal of Teacher Education (Online), 2024 - search.informit.org
Teaching practice is an integral part of teacher education that provides teacher trainees an
opportunity to merge theory and practice. This study investigated eight student teachers' …

[PDF][PDF] The integration of computational thinking in early childhood and elementary science and engineering education

DJ Ketelhut, L Cabrera - Committee on Enhancing …, 2020 - nap.nationalacademies.org
Computational thinking (CT) has been defined as a set of practices emerging from computer
science (Wing, 2006), a set of dispositions (Computer Science Teachers Association [CSTA] …