Examining the Impact of a Computational Thinking Intervention on Pre-service Elementary Science Teachers’ Computational Thinking Teaching Efficacy Beliefs, Interest and Confidence

Erdogan Kaya; Ezgi Yesilyurt; Anna Newley; Hasan Deniz

Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching Vol. 38, No. 4 (October 2019) pp. 385–392

Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) and Computer Science (CS) are the driving forces of the United States prosperity. While there is a high demand to close the gap in STEM+CS jobs, there is little research in K-12, especially in K-5...

Preparing Ugandan Secondary Teachers for Robotics and Technology Competitions

Erdogan Kaya; Hasan Deniz; Anna Newley; Ezgi Yesilyurt; Farukh Khalilov

Journal of Learning and Teaching in Digital Age Vol. 1, No. 1 (Feb 09, 2016) pp. 12–17

This paper describes the details of an intensive one-day robotics workshop designed to introduce the basics of educational robotics to 10 Ugandan secondary information technology teachers. At the end of the workshop, a survey was administered to the ...

Language: English

Engaging Elementary and Middle School Students in Robotics through Hummingbird Kit with Snap! Visual Programming Language

Anna Newley; Hasan Deniz; Erdogan Kaya; Ezgi Yesilyurt

Journal of Learning and Teaching in Digital Age Vol. 1, No. 2 (Jul 15, 2016) pp. 20–26

The purpose of this paper is to describe how Hummingbird robotics kit with Snap! programing language was used to introduce basics of robotics to elementary and middle school students. Each student in the robotics program built a robot. The robot...

Language: English

Integrating Engineering, Science, Reading, and Robotics across Grades 3-8 in a STEM Education Era

Hasan Deniz; Ezgi Yesilyurt; Erdogan Kaya; Anna Newley; Emily Lin

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2020 (Apr 07, 2020) pp. 869–875

Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) entered the general lexicon in the United States within the last ten years. Both Presidents Obama and Trump emphasized STEM education as a priority for the United States because the number of...

Topics: Computational Thinking, Maker (Formerly Engineering Education), STEM Innovation