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 |
Visualizing Data
Below is an activity I have used in our Masters in Educational Technology program at MSU to allow students to visualize data using Infographics. Visualizing Data Activity In this project, you will create an infographic to highlight statistical, timeline, process, or geographical-based information. Your goal should be to show your…
Competencies in Computational Thinking: Perspectives from Germany
During October 2014, I spent a week at Humboldt University (Berlin, Germany) for a workshop sponsored by the German Ministry of Education & Research on modeling and measuring competencies in higher education. (KoKoHS) With my colleagues, Leigh Graves Wolf and Jon Good from Michigan State University we collaborated with two…
Case-based instruction: Improving students’ conceptual understanding through cases in a mechanical engineering course
Yadav, A., Vinh, M., Shaver, G., Meckl, P., & Rose, S. (2014). Case-based Instruction: Improving students’ conceptual understanding through cases in a mechanical engineering course. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 51 (5), 659-677, doi: 10.1002/tea.21149 Recently, there has been a push within engineering curricula to adopt more learner-centered pedagogies, such as case-based…
NSF funded project
I am the PI on a newly funded project to develop an evidence-based professional development (PD) program for computer science teachers. The goal of this project is to improve teachers’ knowledge to teach computer science, with a special focus on the effective training of teachers having limited computer science background.…