This $1,299,675 Project Grant, awarded by the National Science Foundation's STEM Education (47.076) program, supports a collaboration between Northwestern University and Evanston-Skokie District 65 to develop and study new approaches for promoting collaborative coding experiences in middle school computer science (CS) education.
The project will expand upon the team's prior work on the TunePad Playbooks learning platform, which supports creative musical expression through Python programming. Over three years, the project will deploy the technology and custom curriculum in 5th-8th grade classrooms across 11 schools, reaching over 1,000 students annually. Undergraduate volunteers will also work with 20 CS teachers to provide ongoing support. The curriculum and technology will be made publicly available for broad adoption. The project will use mixed methods research, including surveys, classroom observations, student work samples, and assessments, to understand the impact on students' computing confidence, interest, and learning of core CS concepts.
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