This study provides an in-depth picture of how teachers in the Exploring Connections to Computer Science (EC2CS) program implement and adapt culturally and personally relevant practices in high school computer science classrooms.
This paper highlights that helping students make connections between CS and their lives increases students' perceptions of the value of CS, which in turn increases students' interest in pursuing CS.
This study investigated how Chicago Public Schools (CPS) computer science (CS) teachers and instructional coaches navigated remote professional development (PD) during the pandemic.
This paper investigates how Chicago Public Schools computer science teachers and instructional coaches navigated remote professional development during the pandemic.
Students participated in a GIS-focused unit in their computer science (CS) course. Students’ geospatial problem-solving skills increased after the GIS unit.
This study interrogates the impact of the Exploring Connections to Computer Science (EC2CS) program to advance culturally responsive pedagogy (CRP) in high school computer science (CS) classes.
This paper investigates how Chicago Public Schools (CPS) computer science (CS) teachers and instructional coaches navigated remote professional development (PD) during the pandemic.