9/1/19-8/31/22 PIs: Carolyn Rose, Majd Sakr, Michael Hilton Carnegie-Mellon University Award Details The World Economic Forum estimates that up to 5 million jobs may be lost to disruptive labor changes […]
Tag Archives: Computer and information science
Collaborative Research: CSEdPad: Investigating and Scaffolding Students’ Mental Models during Computer Programming Tasks to Improve Learning, Engagement, and Retention
9/1/18-8/31/21 PIs: Peter Brusilovsky University of Pittsburgh (Award Details) Vasile Rus, University of Memphis (Award Details) Computing skills, such as computer programming, are an integral part of many disciplines, including […]
EXP: Readily Available Learning Experiences: Turning the Entire Web into Progressive Examples to Bridge Conceptual Knowledge Gaps for Novice Web Developers
9/01/2017-8/31/2020 PI: Haoqi Zhang, Eleanor O’Rourke Northwestern University Award Details Computing is changing our world, and there is an urgent need to train large numbers of professional developers to meet […]
EXP: Automatically Synthesizing Valid, Personalized, Formative Assessments of CS1 Concepts
9/01/2017-08/31/2020 PI: Andrew Ko University of Washington Award Details Millions of people worldwide are trying to learn to code in schools, colleges, universities, and online. To do so successfully, they […]
The cognitive and neural mechanisms of computer programming in young children: storytelling or solving puzzles?
8/01/2017-7/31/2019 PIs: Marina Bers, Tufts University (Award Details) Evelina Fedorenko, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Award Details) Research and policy changes over the recent years have brought a newfound focus on […]
EXP: Data-Driven Support for Novice Programmers
9/1/16-8/31/19 PIs: Tiffany Barnes, Min Chi North Carolina State University Award Details The researchers in this project will study fully data-driven systems to provide both scalable and individualized support for […]
CAREER: Designing a New Nexus: Examining the Social Construction of Electronics and Computing Toolkits to Broaden Participation and Deepen Learning
8/1/16-10/31/19 PI: Kylie Peppler Indiana University Award Details The persistently lopsided gender makeup of computer and information science programs in US universities and colleges suggests that the gender gap in […]
CI-TEAM Demo: Environmental CyberCitizens: Engaging Citizen Scientists in Global Environmental Change through Crowdsensing and Visualization
PIs: Alex Mayer, Robert Pastel, Charles Wallace, Shawn Opplige, Richard Donovan Michigan Technological University Award Details This demonstration project is creating and evaluating a set of activities aimed at preparing […]
DIP: Teaching Writing and Argumentation with AI-Supported Diagramming and Peer Review
PIs: Kevin Ashley, Diane Litman, Christian Schunn University of Pittsburgh Award Details The PIs are investigating the design of intelligent tutoring systems (ITSs) that are aimed at learning in unstructured […]
EXP: Enabling Pedagogical Communication Between Learning and Programming Environments
PI: Michael Clancy University of California-Berkeley Award Details Continuing increases in computer power have led to significant advances in iteractive software-development environments (IDEs) that aim to help programmers plan, write, […]