After several years of school on Zoom, watching YouTube how-to videos about anything and everything, and “talking” via Snapchat, it’s tempting to think that students are already equipped for our ...
Every college student needs a computer science course, and most need two or more. More and more educators are beginning to recognize this truth, but we are a long way from meeting the need. Should we ...
The Saint Louis University Department of Computer Science offers computing resources and drop-in tutoring available to all students taking our introductory courses, as well as scholarships and awards ...
To teach language to the youngest students, you first introduce them to the letters of the alphabet and the sounds that the letters make. Next, you step forward into combining letters into simple ...
In spite of statewide initiatives to increase access to and participation in computer science classes, California lags behind the national average of 60% and trails about three dozen other states in ...
More states are requiring students to take a foundational computer science class to graduate—employing a powerful policy lever to bridge long-standing gender, racial, and socioeconomic gaps in course ...
Encouraging students to pursue higher-level science, technology, engineering, and math courses requires deliberate planning, especially for those students historically underrepresented in those fields ...
High school senior Gurmeher Kaur was hesitant to study coding when her mom, a computer science professor herself, first suggested it to her. “I was scared of it initially, but once you start, you ...
Only 67 percent of Native students attend a school that offers computer science, the lowest of any demographic group, according to the nonprofit Code.org Credit: Eric Risberg/Associated Press The ...