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Sol Y Agua : A Research-Practice Partnership for Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Computational Thinking Instruction in Middle Schools

Principal Investigator: Katherine Mortimer, Ph.D.  Co-Pi: Monika Akbar, Ph.D.  NSF #1923599

National Science Foundation, $299,161; 2019-2023; a collaborative grant with El Paso Independent School District. Principal investigators are Katherine Mortimer and Monika Akbar of UTEP and Scott Gray and Cynthia Ontiveros of EPISD. This project develops middle school lesson modules using the Sol y Agua game, developed at UTEP, to teach computational thinking using bilingual (translanguaging) and culturally responsive instructional strategies.

 

 

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