Using Mark Out Poetry to Explore Preservice Teachers’ Understanding of Computational Thinking: A Pilot in Progress

Virtual Brief Paper (Asynchronous) ID: 58625
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    Christina Taylor
    University of Northern Colorado
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    Jennifer Parrish
    University of Northern Colorado
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    David Slykhuis
    University of Northern Colorado

Abstract: In this descriptive brief paper about work in progress, two science education university faculty and a post-doctoral researcher share an arts-based assessment developed to investigate students’ understanding of computational thinking. The mark out poetry activity was designed for use in an NSF grant funded mixed methods, multi-partner STEM-C research project. Piloted in an undergraduate science teacher education course at a public university, the assessment is intended for later use with public high school juniors and seniors who are partnering in the grant’s work, and likely have little experience with computational thinking. Collected data has the potential to inform the researchers about changes in participants’ understanding of computational thinking over time, as well as the efficacy of the equity-based grant project. This paper includes instructions for the activity, an example of one undergraduate’s work, and a preliminary analysis of the work of the five students in the pilot. This presentation may inform the work of constituents of technological, teacher education, and K-12 learning communities who want to broaden and deepen their assessment practices with the inclusion of qualitative, arts- and equity-based data collection and analysis. (Funding-NSF Grant 1842342.)

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