Using Other STEM Disciplines to Predict Future Computing Education
A recent AAAS Symposium on STEM Education provides the opportunity to compare computing education to other STEM education.
Mark Guzdial
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Bringing Computer Science to U.S. Schools, State By State
Mark Guzdial considers the crucial role of states in Computer Science for All.
Sampling Bias in CS Education, and Where’s the Cyber Strategy?
Mark Guzdial examines a logical fallacy in consumer science education; John Arquilla sees an absence of discussion about the use of information technologies in future conflicts.
CS Classes Have Different Results Than Laboratory Experiments – Not in a Good Way
Why is it that the predictors of success in CS classes are not predictors in experiments?
State of the States: Progress Toward CS For All
Achieving the President's goal of CS for All requires change at the local level. Here's the current state of the states.
Broadening Access to Computing Education State By State
Influencing computer science education at the state level.
Drumming Up Support For AP CS Principles
Mark Guzdial issues a "call to action" to encourage high schools to offer, and students to take, the Advanced Placement course in Computer Science Principles.
The Inverse Lake Wobegon Effect
Where we take a sample from a privileged group, and assume that we know the population.
What Do We Do When the Jobs Are Gone, and Why We Must Embrace Active Learning
Moshe Y. Vardi ponders the outlook for people when all work is automated, while Mark Guzdial emphasizes the importance of Active Learning in teaching computer science.
Advice For CS Education from Science and Mathematics Education
We have a lot to learn from standards efforts in science and mathematics education.
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