Paper Info
Title
Using POGIL Activities to Teach CS Principles to Diverse Students (Abstract Only)
Abstract
As part of the new AAC&U TIDES initiative (TIDES: Teaching to Increase Diversity and Equity in STEM), Westminster College has created a new computer science course for non-majors and paired it with a biology course as a first-year Learning Community. The new CS0 course relies heavily on culturally sensitive POGIL activities to be welcoming of all students, shifting to a more equitable, multicultural approach to CS curriculum and instruction. Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning (POGIL) is a student-centered learning approach that 1) assigns students to work in self-managed learning teams, 2) on specially designed guided inquiry materials, 3) while the instructor facilitates the development of process skills [1]. By requiring students to derive CS concepts for themselves while working together in learning teams, POGIL activities allow diverse student voices to be heard. They also provide a framework for instructors to act as \"guides on the side\" rather than \"sage on the stage\" for a large portion of class time. These CS Principles POGIL activities are among the first POGIL activities in any discipline to be deliberately designed to be culturally sensitive. In Fall 2015, CS instructors at four partner institutions will adopt these POGIL activities in their CS0 courses.
Year
DOI
Venue
2015
10.1145/2676723.2691909
SIGCSE
Keywords
Field
DocType
pogil,cooperative learning,teams,active learning,information systems education,computer science education
Process oriented guided inquiry learning,Active learning,Computer science,Knowledge management,POGIL,Curriculum,Pedagogy,Cooperative learning,Learning community
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
1
0.36
0
Authors
1
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Helen H. Hu112318.73