Author Archives: Dr Kristin Stephens-Martinez, Ph.D.
Handbook: Ch 9 Cognitive Sciences for Computing Education Part 1
Read the following in The Cambridge handbook of computing education research. 9.1 Introduction (1 page) (optional) 9.2 Brains, Computers, and Levels of Analysis (2 pages) (optional) 9.3 Perception and Attention (1.5 pages) 9.4 Memory and Learning (7.5 pages) 9.4.1 Sensory, … Continue reading
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How to write briskly and well
Read Tomorrow’s Professor Writing Scholarly Manuscripts—Briskly and Well Revising Scholarly Manuscripts—Briskly and Well
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BYOPaper: ICER or Handbook
The International Computing Education Research (ICER) conference. For this week’s reading, you may choose to find a paper from ICER or pick a chapter in the Handbook. To find papers, go to the ACM Digital library’s ICER search engine. Alternatively, … Continue reading
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Project Proposal
Due: Friday 2/25 General Directions The purpose of this document is to prepare your team for success in the course project. Your proposal should contain at least three parts, which we define below. In terms of length, it should be … Continue reading
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How to find related work
In this class, we will discuss different ways to find related work. One way to think of it is papers are nodes in a graph, citations are like links, and keywords are ways to cluster nodes or “color” a node. … Continue reading
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QQC Doc Check
The main point of this check is to confirm you are doing your due diligence in following the directions about what goes in your QQC Doc. In the real world, no one actually checks your notes to holds you to … Continue reading
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Handbook: Ch 8 Learning Sciences for Computing Education
Read the following in The Cambridge handbook of computing education research 8.1 Introduction (3.5 pages) 8.2 Theoretical Foundations (8 pages) 8.2.1 Constructivism (2 pages) 8.2.2 Cognitive Apprenticeship (2.5 pages) 8.2.3 SocioculturalTheory (2 pages) 8.2.4 Expectancy-ValueTheory (1 page) 8.2.5 Summary (0.5 … Continue reading
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Project discussion/workshop
The goal of this class session is to find project partners. For your project, you will work in groups of 2 or 3. If you have an idea Create a 5-10 minute presentation to pitch to the rest of the … Continue reading
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Some academic papers in CER
Below is a collection of papers on three different topics. In conjunction with the reading academic papers assignment, pick 3 papers. For convenience, I have placed a copy of all of these papers in our Box folder. Remember we can … Continue reading
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Assignment: Reading academic papers
Given what you learned on Friday, 1/28, let’s practice it! For this week’s reading do the below. After you are done, fill out the survey on which papers you read. Pick 3 papers to read using pass 1 Of those … Continue reading
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