Hasan Deniz (Teaching and Learning) was awarded a grant of $435,679 by the National Science Foundation. The project, "Developing an Integrated Computer Science Curriculum for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Classrooms at Grades 3-5" is a collaborative proposal among 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ, George Mason University, University of South Carolina Upstate and Weber State University.
This project seeks to develop integrated computer science curricula using affordances of educational robotics for grades 3-5 students in linguistically diverse classrooms; provide teacher professional development around classroom implementation of integrated units; and conduct educational research with regard to teacher outcomes and student outcomes. Other grant recipients in the project (Erdogan Kaya, Ezgi Yesilyur, and Refika Turgut) are all 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ College of Education alumni.
