Short Bio I am a Professor in the College of Education and the Director of Masters of Arts in Educational Technology program at Michigan State University. In addition to Ph.D. in Educational Psychology and Educational Technology, I hold bachelors and masters in Electrical Engineering. My teaching and research focuses on computational thinking, computer science education, and problem-based learning |
Contact
Dr. Aman Yadav Professor Educational Psychology and Educational Technology East Lansing, MI 48824, U.S.A email: ayadav (at) msu.edu ph: 517-884-2094 Follow @yadavaman |
NSF project to support CS teachers in Detroit
I am excited lead a new NSF funded project in collaboration with Rick Hill from University of Detroit-Mercy to support high school CS teachers in Detroit. The project will use a sustainable multi-pronged approach to build the capacity of underserved high schools to offer CS curriculum in the metro-Detroit area.…
ACM Special Issue on Computational Thinking
Solicitation:Since Wing’s (2006) article around computational thinking, there has been a dramatic increase in the focus on computational thinking in K-12 education. This is especially true at the elementary level. In a review of the state of the field of computational thinking in K-12, Grover and Pea (2013), they described…
Keynote @WiPSCE
In a keynote talk given at the The 12th Workshop in Primary and Secondary Computing Education (WiPSCE) in Nijmegen (The Netherlands), I discussed how teachers from varied teaching background and computing experiences engage with online professional development materials. I used data from our online just-in-time professional development project (PD4CS), which is designed to support…
Computational Thinking for Elementary Students
Our new project, CT4EDU will design, implement, and assess a high-quality, integrated curriculum, and professional development to support elementary school teachers in embedding computational thinking (CT) into their classrooms. In partnership with the Oakland Intermediate School District and the American Institute for Research, we will establish a Research Practitioner Partnership (RPP) using…