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Building Deaf Community in Cyberspace: A Case Study of a Deaf Listserv
Chris Stephenson
Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association 1997 (March 1997)
This study examined the effects of computer-mediated communication (CMC) in creating a new environment for the development of a deaf community through a case study of DEAF-L, an on-line discussion venue focusing on issues and concerns relating to...
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A Tale of Two Countries: Successes and Challenges in K-12 Computer Science Education in Israel and the United States
Judith Gal-Ezer; Chris Stephenson
ACM Transactions on Computing Education Vol. 14, No. 2 (June 2014)
This article tells a story of K-12 computer science in two different countries. These two countries differ profoundly in culture, language, government and state structure, and in their education systems. Despite these differences, however, they...
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Computational Thinking for All: Pedagogical Approaches to Embedding 21st Century Problem Solving in K-12 Classrooms
Aman Yadav; Hai Hong; Chris Stephenson
TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning Vol. 60, No. 6 (2016) pp. 565–568
The recent focus on computational thinking as a key 21st century skill for all students has led to a number of curriculum initiatives to embed it in K-12 classrooms. In this paper, we discuss the key computational thinking constructs, including...
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Computational Thinking in High School Science Classrooms: Exploring the Science "Framework" and "NGSS"
Cary Sneider; Chris Stephenson; Bruce Schafer; Larry Flick
Science Teacher Vol. 81, No. 5 (July 2014) pp. 53–59
A "Framework for K-12 Science Education" identified eight practices as "essential elements of the K-12 science and engineering curriculum" (NRC 2012, p. 49). Most of the practices, such as Developing and Using Models, Planning...