Title :
Work in progress — Eliciting integrated understandings of high school STEM curricula through programming
Author :
Freudenthal, Eric ; Ogrey, Alexandria ; Gonzalez, Rebeca Q.
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX, USA
Abstract :
We describe our early investigation of the integration of educational modules originally developed for a college-level entering students program (ESP) titled “Media Propelled Computational Thinking” (MPCT) into high school science, math, and engineering/technology courses. Primary objectives of MPCT include introducing students to imperative programming and reinforcement of foundational mathematical concepts. This report describes this evolving integration including early informal experiments and potential extensions using programming functions of ubiquitous graphing calculators.
Keywords :
computer science education; educational courses; programming; college-level entering students program; educational modules; high school STEM curricula; high school engineering-technology courses; high school math courses; high school science courses; imperative programming; media propelled computational thinking; ubiquitous graphing calculator; Calculators; Computational modeling; Concrete; Context; Educational institutions; Programming profession;
Conference_Titel :
Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), 2010 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Washington, DC
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6261-2
Electronic_ISBN :
0190-5848
DOI :
10.1109/FIE.2010.5673203
