TY - GEN
T1 - Using High School Student Perspectives to Develop an IoT-based CS Curriculum
AU - Abichandani, Pramod
AU - Iaboni, Craig
AU - Shekhar, Prateek
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2024/3/14
Y1 - 2024/3/14
N2 - This paper reports on the design, motivations, and preliminary development outcomes of an ongoing NSF-funded study to create an Internet of Things (IoT) based CS curriculum tailored for high school students. The curriculum adopts the 4-layer IoT model and emphasizes an immersive, hands-on pedagogy using single-board devices and the Python programming language. Prior to designing the curriculum, focus groups were conducted using Keller's ARCS model of motivation as a conceptual framework. Qualitative data analysis about student attention, relevance, confidence, and satisfaction revealed actionable insights used to design the curriculum. Preliminary curriculum implementation has underscored IoT's promise in engaging high school CS students and developing modern computing skills applicable to college and career pathways.
AB - This paper reports on the design, motivations, and preliminary development outcomes of an ongoing NSF-funded study to create an Internet of Things (IoT) based CS curriculum tailored for high school students. The curriculum adopts the 4-layer IoT model and emphasizes an immersive, hands-on pedagogy using single-board devices and the Python programming language. Prior to designing the curriculum, focus groups were conducted using Keller's ARCS model of motivation as a conceptual framework. Qualitative data analysis about student attention, relevance, confidence, and satisfaction revealed actionable insights used to design the curriculum. Preliminary curriculum implementation has underscored IoT's promise in engaging high school CS students and developing modern computing skills applicable to college and career pathways.
KW - high school cs education
KW - internet of things education
KW - k-12 cs education
KW - physical computing
KW - python
KW - qualitative research for cs education
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U2 - 10.1145/3626253.3635610
DO - 10.1145/3626253.3635610
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85189154665
T3 - SIGCSE 2024 - Proceedings of the 55th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education
SP - 1546
EP - 1547
BT - SIGCSE 2024 - Proceedings of the 55th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education
PB - Association for Computing Machinery, Inc
T2 - 55th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, SIGCSE 2024
Y2 - 20 March 2024 through 23 March 2024
ER -