TY - GEN
T1 - Broadening Participation in Computer Science through Sheltered Instruction Pedagogy
AU - Morreale, Patricia
AU - Bachrach, Mayra
AU - Verdi, Gail
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 IEEE.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Sheltered Instruction (SI), based on second language acquisition research, has been used to explore pedagogical interventions aimed at improving the outcomes of English Language Learners in Advanced Placement Computer Science (AP CS). English Language Learners are students who come from non-English speaking homes and backgrounds. With the increasing numbers of Hispanic students in many K-12 classrooms, Spanish is the language most often spoken by English Language Learners. During this year-long project, AP CS teachers attended a series of professional learning workshop on SI for Computer Science, and then utilized strategies from SI in their AP CS classrooms. Research outcomes of the pedagogical interventions identified new approaches to engage all students, through SI methods and materials used with the computer science curriculum. The SI pedagogy integrated with CS teaching skills shows how teachers can successfully engage more students in their classrooms, particularly students that may still be developing their academic English language skills, increasing CS education for all students. The SI methods used are explained here, for adoption by other computer science educators and researchers.
AB - Sheltered Instruction (SI), based on second language acquisition research, has been used to explore pedagogical interventions aimed at improving the outcomes of English Language Learners in Advanced Placement Computer Science (AP CS). English Language Learners are students who come from non-English speaking homes and backgrounds. With the increasing numbers of Hispanic students in many K-12 classrooms, Spanish is the language most often spoken by English Language Learners. During this year-long project, AP CS teachers attended a series of professional learning workshop on SI for Computer Science, and then utilized strategies from SI in their AP CS classrooms. Research outcomes of the pedagogical interventions identified new approaches to engage all students, through SI methods and materials used with the computer science curriculum. The SI pedagogy integrated with CS teaching skills shows how teachers can successfully engage more students in their classrooms, particularly students that may still be developing their academic English language skills, increasing CS education for all students. The SI methods used are explained here, for adoption by other computer science educators and researchers.
KW - Computer Science
KW - English Language Learners (ELLs)
KW - Pedagogy
KW - Sheltered Instruction (SI)
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85129980049&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/ISEC52395.2021.9764019
DO - 10.1109/ISEC52395.2021.9764019
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85129980049
T3 - 2021 11th IEEE Integrated STEM Education Conference, ISEC 2021
SP - 51
EP - 55
BT - 2021 11th IEEE Integrated STEM Education Conference, ISEC 2021
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 11th IEEE Integrated STEM Education Conference, ISEC 2021
Y2 - 30 June 2021
ER -