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Sangeeta Bhatnagar

Sangeeta Bhatnagar. Evergreen Valley High School. The ECS Curriculum. Creative nature of computing Technology as a tool for solving problems Relevance of computer science and its impact on society. What is ECS?. Survey course—

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Sangeeta Bhatnagar

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  1. Sangeeta Bhatnagar Evergreen Valley High School

  2. The ECS Curriculum • Creative nature of computing • Technology as a tool for solving problems • Relevance of computer science and its impact on society

  3. What is ECS? • Survey course— • Introduce students to the broad field of computing through exploration of engaging and accessible topics. • Divided into units and each unit focuses on different areas of computer science. • Particular skills and topics spiral throughout and new topics build on earlier lessons. • Assignments and instructional strategies weave throughout—conceptually linking the units together. • The sequential units introduce, reinforce, and apply the key ideas of computer science concepts.

  4. Introduce, Reinforce, Apply

  5. ECS Computer Science Concepts

  6. ECS Equitable Learning Model

  7. Inquiry-Based Philosophy of ECS STUDENTS TEACHERS • Students are actively engaged in developing their own understandings of concepts • Students think creatively within limits of activity • Students work in pairs/groups on activities • Students explain concepts and definitions in their own words • Students have flexibility in topic selection in some cases • Student understanding captured with multiple forms of formative and summative assessments • Teachers are facilitators of student inquiry • Teachers elicit responses that uncover student knowledge about topic or concept • Teachers create interest • Teachers ask probing questions to redirect students’ investigations when necessary • Teachers allow for multiple solutions to given problems • Teachers draw from multiple sources to check for understanding • Teachers are comfortable with noisy, energetic, classroom

  8. Modular Curriculum • Allows for modifications and substitutions • Alice/Scratch • Different kinds of robots • Individual lesson replacements • Different approaches to an activity

  9. Connections to Prior Knowledge • In general the lessons • Connect students’ prior knowledge and experiences both in and out of the classroom. • Encourage students to draw on those experiences to make connections between computing and local community issues—an approach known to engage underrepresented students. • Highlight the creative nature of computing technology as a tool for solving problems. • Highlight the relevance of computer science and its impact on society.

  10. Inquiry-based Approach • Employ • class discussion • journal writing • collaboration • culminating unit projects to bring together the knowledge students have gained in the course to solve complex problems.

  11. Evergreen Valley High School • Adopted the curriculum in 2010 • Increase in enrollment in both the ECS class as well as the next level of AP Computer Science A course.

  12. Enrollment by Demographics2010-2012

  13. Enrollment by Gender 2010-2012

  14. Enrollment by Grade Level2010-2012

  15. Math Background

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