Share Paper: The Effectiveness of an Accessible Computing Curriculum

  1. Abdu Arslanyilmaz, YSU, United States
  2. Margie Briley, Youngstown State University, United States
  3. Gregory Boerio, Rich Center for Autism, United States
  4. Mary Beth Loto, Potential Development Program, United States
  5. Katie Petridis, Potential Development Program, United States
Monday, April 11 11:30-11:50 AM Silver Pearl Ballroom 2

Abstract: There has been a limited number of studies in which a computing curriculum is designed and developed for students with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), and there has been no study to test the effectiveness of an accessible computing curriculum for students with ASD. Therefore, the objectives of this study are 1) to implement an accessible computing curriculum at an inner-city school for seventh-grade students with ASD, and 2) evaluate the effectiveness of the accessible curriculum in improving students with ASDs’ learning of computational thinking concepts (CTCs) (sequences, loops, parallelism, conditionals, operators, and data) and their development of fluency in computational ...