Special Projects 2024
Since 2003 SIGCSE has awarded a limited number of Special Projects Grants each year. These grants help SIGCSE members investigate and introduce new ideas in the learning and teaching of computing. Projects must provide some clear benefit to the wider disciplinary community in the form of new knowledge, developing or sharing of a resource, or good practice in learning, teaching, or assessment.
Here is a list of the awards given in 2024.
Why Do Students Drop Out of Computer Programs?
Alexandre Passito de Queiroz, Universidade Federal do Amazonas, Brazil <passito@icomp.ufam.edu.br>
Award: $4,800
Award date: May 2024
Fostering Culturally Sensitive IT Curriculum: Case Studies Collaboratively infused with Indigenous Perspectives
Nicole Herbert, University of Tasmania, Australia <Nicole.Herbert@utas.edu.au>
Award: $5,000
Award date: May 2024
A time-efficient system for generating human-crafted questions about student code
Zachary Kurmasz, Grand Valley State University, USA <kurmasz@gvsu.edu>
Award: $3,600
Award date: May 2024
AI-Driven Computational Thinking Integration in K-12 Science Classrooms: Insights from Science Teachers
Lijun Ni, University at Albany, State University of New York <lni@albany.edu>
Award: $3,750
Award date: December 2024
Building an Inclusive Future: Teaching Accessibility to K-12 Teachers
Devorah Kletenik, Brooklyn College CUNY <kletenik@sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu>
Rachel F. Adler, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign <radler@illinois.edu>
Award: $5,000
Award date: December 2024
Learning Computer Science through Inspirational Biographies
Sylvia Amélia Bim, Federal University of Technology - Paraná (UTFPR) <sabim@professores.utfpr.edu.br>
Award: $5,000
Award date: December 2024
Serious games for teaching accessibility
Swaroop Joshi, BITS Pilani, KK Birla Goa Campus, Goa India <swaroopjoshi@ieee.org>
Award: $4,960
Award date: December 2024
Expectations from Entry-Level Computing Professionals
Angela Zavaleta Bernuy, McMaster University and University of Toronto Industry and Academia <angelazb@cs.toronto.edu>
Award: $5,000
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