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Emi Iwatani; Merijke Coenraad; Kyle M. Dunbar – Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 2025
Students in Appalachia have a heritage of problem-solving. We explore how computational thinking (CT) relates to and complements this heritage by analyzing 34 local ingenuity stories, and perspectives from 35 community members about the relevance of CT. We found the two problem-solving approaches are meaningfully different, but can be used in…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Computation, Thinking Skills, Area Studies
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Andrea Arce-Trigatti; Ada Haynes; Jacob Kelley – Thresholds in Education, 2023
Scholarship underscores the experiences of Appalachian students who must confront a social reality that consistently expects less from them because of their circumstances and the narratives surrounding their social context (Collins, 2020; Piene et al., 2020). Traditionally, the Appalachian people have been viewed by educators from a deficit…
Descriptors: Cultural Background, Place Based Education, Social Environment, Culturally Relevant Education