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Thu 16 Mar 2023 10:45 - 11:10 at 714 - K-12: Culturally Responsive Pedagogy Chair(s): Joel Adams

Teacher dispositions have strong empirical and theoretical ties to teacher motivation, professional choices, and classroom practices. The attitudes and beliefs of teachers can mediate students’ access to and experience with computer science (CS) instruction. This paper presents a baseline study to illuminate characteristics, beliefs, and experiences with CS of an elementary school teaching population in multiple districts across two states. As part of their onboarding to a large CS outreach project, U.S. teachers (N = 791) from partnering elementary schools (N = 28) completed the T-ABC, a survey instrument designed to measure teachers’ beliefs about CS education, growth-mindset and self-efficacy. Prior CS professional development experiences were associated with statistically significant differences in the CS Beliefs and Self-Efficacy dimensions of the T-ABC. We present and discuss an additional principal component analysis producing a seven factor model, with psychometric overview of factor extraction and loading. Further we begin to define emergent factors such as teacher determination, teacher fear, and epistemologically confused positivity from this analysis. Identification and measurement of teacher dispositions enables further analysis of how teacher beliefs may support or hinder effective practice in CS instruction, how teacher populations may differ, and how identified dispositions may change with exposure to various CS learning experiences.

Thu 16 Mar

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10:45 - 12:00
K-12: Culturally Responsive PedagogyPapers at 714
Chair(s): Joel Adams Calvin College
10:45
25m
Paper
Complexities in Computer Science Teaching Attitudes and Beliefs: Findings of a Baseline Study of Elementary School EducatorsK12In-Person
Papers
Darcy Ronan Sacred Heart University, Dennis Brylow Marquette University, Maverick Berner Marquette University, Sydney Crespo Sacred Heart University, Heidi Williams Marquette University, Christine Thorp Sacred Heart University, D. Cenk Erdil Sacred Heart University
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11:10
25m
Paper
Creating Apps for Community and Social Good: Learning Outcomes of a Culturally Responsive Middle School Computer Science CurriculumK12In-Person
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Lijun Ni University at Albany, Gillian Bausch University at Albany, Elizabeth Thomas-Cappello University at Albany, Fred Martin University of Massachusetts Lowell, Bernardo Feliciano University of Massachusetts Lowell
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11:35
25m
Paper
Reaching for “All”: Understanding the challenges and needs of schools lagging in CS for all effortsK12In-Person
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Janice Lee Research Alliance for NYC Schools at NYU, Cheri Fancsali Research Alliance for NYC Schools at NYU, Symantha Clough Research Alliance for NYC Schools at NYU
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