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This program is tentative and subject to change.

Fri 28 Feb 2025 14:41 - 15:00 at Meeting Rooms 306-307 - CSForAll K-12

Emergent bilingual (EB) students are a growing population within the United States. An increasing number of these students are in K-12 computing courses. Since programming languages are primarily grounded in English, K-12 computing teachers have to balance and tailor their instruction to meet the needs of EB students. Teachers informed us of insufficient computing education resources for teaching EBs programming. Through a thematic analysis of semi-structured interviews with eight K-12 computing teachers who have EB students in their classes, we identified emph{challenges} they faced in teaching programming to EBs and emph{strategies} they use to support their EB students. Our analysis revealed three challenges: (1) students can experience cognitive overload from translating between English and their native language, (2) terminologies have different meanings across disciplines (e.g., `algorithm’ in Math and CS), and (3) educators’ low computing self-efficacy. Two strategies teachers implemented to address their students’ needs were: (1) providing multiple ways for EB students to engage with content focused on preventing them from becoming overwhelmed (2) offering multiple modalities for translating computing concepts. This study contributes to the ongoing discussion on inclusive computing education by offering insights into educators’ needs and potential solutions for supporting EB students’ computing education.

This program is tentative and subject to change.

Fri 28 Feb

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13:45 - 15:00
13:45
18m
Talk
Building Teacher and Community Networks for Sustainable Middle School Computer Science Education: Experiences from Two Pairs of TeachersK12
Papers
Elizabeth Thomas-Cappello University of Albany, State University of New York, Lijun Ni University at Albany, Gillian Bausch University at Albany, Fred Martin University of Texas at San Antonio, Bernardo Feliciano University of Massachusetts Lowell, Foozieh Mir University of Massachusetts Lowell, Diane Schilder Evaluation Analysis Solutions, Inc.
14:03
18m
Talk
Engaging K-12 Students with Flow-Based Music Programming: An Experience Report on Its Impact on Teaching and LearningK12
Papers
Zifeng Liu University of Florida, Shan Zhang University of Florida, Maya Israel University of Florida, Robert Smith University of Florida, Wanli Xing University of Florida, Victor Minces University of California, San Diego
14:22
18m
Talk
Introducing Computational Thinking and Computer Science Instruction to Preservice Science and Math TeachersK12
Papers
Meize Guo University of Idaho, Minji Yun University of Florida, Maya Israel University of Florida
14:41
18m
Talk
Teaching Computing to K-12 Emergent Bilinguals: Identified Challenges and OpportunitiesK12
Papers
Emma R. Dodoo University of Michigan, Tamara Nelson-Fromm University of Michigan, Mark Guzdial University of Michigan