Shuchi Grover
Alma materStanford University
Harvard University
Scientific career
FieldsComputer science education
Computational thinking
STEM education
Data science
AI education[1]
ThesisFoundations for advancing computational thinking : balanced designs for deeper learning in an online computer science course for middle school students (2014)
Doctoral advisorRoy Pea[2]
Websitewww.shuchigrover.com

Shuchi Grover is an American learning scientist and computer science education researcher. Her research investigates computational thinking and how to design effective educational courses for children.[1][3]

Early life and education

Grover was an undergraduate student at Harvard University, where she studied physics and computer science. She earned a master's degree in computer sciences at Harvard, and developed software for music students.[4] As part of this project, she used digital repositories to store score sheets. It was her first introduction to the potential of technology to accelerate student learning.[4] She completed a degree in Technology, Innovation and Education at Harvard, before moving to California.[4] Grover focused on learning sciences at Stanford University for her doctoral research, which investigated advanced computational thinking for deep learning in middle school students and was supervised by Roy Pea.[2] She developed a 6-week Stanford OpenEdX course to introduce middle school students to computer sciences.[5]

Research and career

In 2010, Grover was awarded an Amir Lopatin Fellowship to study computational thinking in K-12 students.[6] She is particularly interested in how computational learning could be a social driver.[6][7] As part of the fellowship, Grover studied middle school students in Bangalore. Her research investigated the various dimensions of computational thinking and how children choose what to value and engage with.[6] In 2014, she argued that to increase the number of women in technology, computer science should be taught in US schools, and computer scientists should act to diminish the "nerd" stereotype.[8]

Selected publications

  • Grover, Shuchi; Pea, Roy (2013). "Computational Thinking in K–12". Educational Researcher. 42 (1): 38–43. doi:10.3102/0013189x12463051. ISSN 0013-189X. S2CID 145509282.
  • Grover, Shuchi; Pea, Roy; Cooper, Stephen (2015-04-03). "Designing for deeper learning in a blended computer science course for middle school students". Computer Science Education. 25 (2): 199–237. Bibcode:2015CSEd...25..199G. doi:10.1080/08993408.2015.1033142. ISSN 0899-3408. S2CID 557120.
  • Grover, Shuchi; Pea, Roy (2018), "Computational Thinking: A Competency Whose Time Has Come", Computer Science Education, Bloomsbury Academic, doi:10.5040/9781350057142.ch-003, ISBN 978-1-3500-5714-2

References

  1. 1 2 Shuchi Grover publications indexed by Google Scholar
  2. 1 2 Grover, Shuchi (2014). Foundations for advancing computational thinking: balanced designs for deeper learning in an online computer science course for middle school students. stanford.edu (PhD thesis). Stanford University. OCLC 887992596.
  3. ↑ Grover, Shuchi (2020). "Formative assessment for students in CS classrooms". youtube.com. Raspberry Pi Foundation.
  4. 1 2 3 "Meet Shuchi Grover – CIRCL". circlcenter.org. Retrieved 2022-06-02.
  5. ↑ "New Dissertation Announcement - Dr. Shuchi Grover". ISLS. 2014-11-14. Retrieved 2022-06-02.
  6. 1 2 3 University, Stanford; Stanford; California 94305 (2010-07-21). "LSTD students Grover and Rogers awarded this year's Amir Lopatin Fellowships". Stanford Graduate School of Education. Retrieved 2022-06-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. ↑ "Stanford Computer Forum - Poster Sessions". forum.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2022-06-02.
  8. ↑ University, Stanford; Stanford; California 94305 (2014-01-08). "Want more women in tech? Fix the misperceptions of computer science (article by Shuchi Grover)". Stanford Graduate School of Education. Retrieved 2022-06-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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