Engaging Libraries in Culturally Responsive STEM Programming
This project is a partnership with Ypsilanti District Library, Imperial County Free Library, and Tempe Public Library. The goal of the partnership is to develop and implement a culturally responsive and low- resource model for teaching computational thinking in public libraries. I began this project in 2016 in collaboration with Dr. Kim Scott from the…
Capacity-Building: Learning in Libraries
Throughout the process of collaborating with three library systems, we’ve learned a lot about researcher-practitioner partnerships. I’m constantly amazed by the dedication of the librarians who are participating in the research. They’ve participated in hands-on professional development experiences, recruited participants, collected data, brainstormed with the research team, expanded the curriculum, and increased their own computational…
Guest Post: Undergraduate Research Experience
Guest post from Syeda Mahmood, undergraduate research assistant: My role as an undergraduate research assistant included creating activities which would incorporate computational thinking skills, circuitry, and arts & crafts. At the end of every lesson, the girls would have a variety of colored paper, stencils, felt, etc to be creative and create something that not…
Guest Post: Researching Self-Efficacy in Library Programming
Guest post from Tori Culler, the graduate student research assistant who worked on the project this summer: As a masters student research intern this summer, I’ve been looking at how girls’ participation in the CompuGirls program contributes to their perceptions of self-efficacy, which is defined as the belief in one’s ability to successfully accomplish a…
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Patricia Garcia 