BPC-DP: Deploying a Vertically Integrated Computing Curriculum to At-Risk Students (Bootstrap)
|
|
| Audience/Grade: | 6-8 |
| Discipline(s): |
Computer Science Computing Diversity Engineering Diversity Information Systems Information Technology |
| Special Topic(s): | |
| Learning Resource Type: |
Teaching - Course |
| Media Type: |
Audio |
| Author(s): |
Kathi Fisler Shriram Krishnamurthi |
| Description: | Bootstrap is a computing curriculum that engages students with animation, targets core skills in algebra and coordinate geometry, and is vertically integrated with the Program by Design high-school and college curriculum. Both Bootstrap and Program by Design align with state mathematics standards. We express animations using algebra, rather than more traditional styles of programming. We want to exploit the connection between computing and algebra to motivate kids to stick with math through high-school and to excite them about computing. This reinforces essential material underlying many TEM and computing careers and enables integration into a conventional middle-school curriculum. |
| Rating: | No Rating |
| Related Resources | |
| Keywords: | BPC-DP BPC-NSF programs pedagogical strategies reviewed |
| Version Info | |
| Platform/Format: |
Unknown |
| Cost: |
Free |
| Download URL: | http://www.bootstrapworld.org |
| Metadata: |
IEEE LOM Record |
| Collection: |
Broadening Participation in Computing (BPC)
|
