Hello!
I was connected with David Feldon from Utah State University who is looking for 7th and 8th grade teachers who are teaching computational thinking. I said I would pass this opportunity on to my networks, so if you know of anyone who might qualify, please pass this along. If you or they have any questions, or are interested in this opportunity, please contact David directly.
Lauren
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Dear 7th and 8th grade teachers,
Our colleagues at the University of Washington, Ben Shapiro and Lauren Bricker, are helping us to
connect with middle school teachers who teach computational thinking skills in either computing
courses or other content areas. We are running a study funded by the U.S. Department of Education to
understand how computational thinking is taught in schools (Utah State University protocol #13877).
We are recruiting 25 teachers from across the country to participate in an observation study of
classroom instruction. Each participating teacher will receive a $250 check as a participation incentive.
Participation entails permitting videorecording of your classroom instruction during an instructional unit
in any content area that has a learning objective of enhancing your students' computational thinking
skills (this does not need to be the only learning objective) during the 2024-2025 academic year.
Observation would take place only for one period of the day for each day of the unit. Recordings are
never made public or provided to anyone outside the research team. We estimate the necessary time
beyond the normal teaching you would do for your instructional unit anyway to be no more than 1 hour
for discussion and coordination.
If you are interested, please contact David Feldon, the principal investigator of the project by email at
david.feldon@usu.edu.
Many thanks,
David Feldon, Ph.D.
Professor of Instructional Technology & Learning Sciences
Utah State University
Colby Tofel-Grehl, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Science Education
Utah State University
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Lauren Bricker
(Dr./Ms.,she/her/hers)
President, Puget Sound CSTA
Associate Teaching Professor and K-12 Outreach, Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering
Adjunct, Human Centered Design & Engineering
University of Washington
bricker@cs.washington.edu------------------------------