Publications

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Through long-term partnerships with schools, districts, and community organizations, The Learning Partnership partners to inspire a joy of learning in all students. We collaboratively engage in rigorous research that both informs solutions and contributes to educational theory. This section provides an archive of The Learning Partnership's publications. The publications can be filtered by partnership, research area, author, keyword, and type.

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Date

Computer Science Coursetaking and Science and Math Course Performance in Milwaukee

Using data from Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS), this report analyzes the association of high school computer science (CS) coursetaking with subsequent performance in mathematics and science courses.
Report
May 2024

Evaluation Report for ITEST Data Jam: Student Interviews 2023-2024

This evaluation report details the findings of the qualitative analysis of the student interview transcripts from the 2023-2024 program year for the Data Jam project.
Report
May 2024

Exploring Connections to Computer Science: Understanding How Teachers Bring Cultural and Personal Relevance to the Classroom 

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.
Report
May 2024

Broadening Participation in Computer Science by Helping Students Connect Computer Science to their Lives

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.
Conference
Apr 2024

Exploring Districtwide Teacher Professional Learning Opportunities as Drivers of High-Quality, Culturally Responsive Science Instruction in Chicago Public Schools

This exploratory study investigates CPS' efforts to provide equitable and culturally responsive (CR) teaching through its first universal curriculum, Skyline. This research was completed as part of Naomi Blaushild's postdoctoral fellowship.
Conference
Apr 2024

Teacher Preparation and Student Participation in a GIS-Focused Computer Science Unit Impact Students’ Geospatial Thinking

This AERA paper describes the impact of GIS-based version of the ECS Unit 5 data unit on students' spatial reasoning.
Conference
Apr 2024

Assessing Students’ Growth in Computer Science Knowledge: Applying Diagnostic Classification Modeling

This paper presents the results of the application of Cognitive Diagnostic Modeling to the ECS pre and post assessments.
Conference
Apr 2024

Exploration of Teachers’ Opinions and Feelings about the Lead Learner Instructional Model Implementation

This research details the thoughts and opinions of five teachers participating in the CODE.org Computer Science Discoveries (CSD) program and CSD’s use of the pedagogical Lead Learner model.
Conference
Apr 2024

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