CODERS Information Module
How Can You Join?
In order to join CODERS, please contact 417-836-3752 or email KFranklin@MissouriState.edu. From there, you will be given more information on how you can join.
If you want to get more information about what CODERS is, look at CODERS data, or hear about the perception of CODERS from teachers and students in the program, you can find all of that on this page. Outside of this page, we have schedules, announcements and resources that you can browse so you can understand what you may be teaching and how your schedule would look. If you want to learn more, we recommend you take a moment to browse through the CODERS site.
Overview of CODERS
What do we excpect from teachers? That they participate in professional development activities (such as the summer launch and academic year regroups); teach five CODERS lessons, complete a lesson reflection after each lesson, and collect exit passes from their students after each lesson; complete a teacher survey before and after teaching all five lessons; and administer surveys to students before and after teaching all five lessons.
What is this project? Rural students with a significant portion of high-needs students, disadvantaged financially and lacking access to opportunities to improve achievement due to their distance from programming, the financial resources of the school district for transportation, and high poverty.
Who is involved? 56 rural teachers and 2,597 rural students in grades 3-8 in rural elementary and middle schools.
The CODERS Project included a three-year field trial and impact study of teacher and student programming. STEM/Computer Science (STEM/CS) course modules with integrated writing to support learning in STEM, specifically coding by providing High-quality curriculum module with integrated CODERS kits and writing supports; CODERS kits included microbits, cutebots, batteries, sensors, robot dogs, drones, and smart home kits.
What do we research? The study researches student engagement in school-based STEM and Computer Science experiences to increase student achievement, knowledge of STEM/CS, attitudes, career interest, and efficacy; develop teachers’ content knowledge and efficacy for teaching STEM and CS project-based learning; provide students with academic supports to foster success in schools.
Who is the interdisciplinary team working on this project? The curriculum modules were developed by a team of faculty in computer science, English Education, Physics, Elementary Literacy, Elementary Mathematics & Language at a large university in Missouri.
About CODERS
Meet the members of the CODERS Council. Where you can find infomation about the CODERS staff.
The CODERS 2023 Evaluation Report data showcases the impact the CODERS Program has had on rural Missouri schools within the first two years of its implementation and is derived from teacher and student surveys. The Evaluation Report presents the main takeaways from the survey by displaying growth in target areas and how in their first year of the program, teachers allocate more time and are more intentional in incorporating computer science and writing into their classroom with our Modules. On the other hand, the student survey information displays the grade level of the students, their demographics, their interest in specific STEM fields, and the scores of boys and girls on a scale about S-Stem, Coding Attitudes, Coding Interest, and Programming Meaningfulness.
The CODERS Showcase displays the amazing work our teachers and students have done as part of CODERS. Included in the presentation are videos of students’ work and links to school projects using things they have learned from the CODERS Modules.
How Many School Districts participate in CODERS?
Currently, there are 16 school districts that partcipate in the CODERS program.
- Ava
- Buffalo, Dallas County
- Clever
- Exeter
- Hollister
- Jarret
- Logan-Rogersville
- Mountain Grove
- Neosheo
- Purdy
- Seymour
- Shell Knob
- Skyline
- Spokane
- Waynesville
- Willow Springs