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What Role Do Tangibles Play in Fostering Design Thinking Skills? An Exploratory Study

Mary Jean Bürer, Jessica Elke Dehler Zufferey, Yousef Jalali, Natascia Petringa

Despite the importance of using artifacts during the design thinking process, there is a limited understanding of the influence of tangibles with lower perceptual richness on design thinking skills within educational settings. It is speculated that tangibl ...

2023

A Research-Practice Partnership to Introduce Computer Science in Secondary School: Lessons from a Pilot Program

Francesco Mondada, Barbara Bruno, Jessica Elke Dehler Zufferey, Laila Abdelsalam El-Hamamsy, Helena Kovacs, Jean-Philippe Pellet

Context: Introducing Computer Science (CS) into formal education can be challenging, notably when considering the numerous stakeholders involved which include the students, teachers, schools, and policy makers. We believe these perspectives should be con ...

2023

Are engineering teachers ready to leverage the power of play to teach transversal skills?

Roland John Tormey, Jessica Elke Dehler Zufferey, Siara Ruth Isaac, Yousef Jalali, Natascia Petringa

What conceptions do teachers hold about learning activities to develop students’ transversal skills? This qualitative exploration at a research-intensive engineering school draws on interviews and focus groups to explore teachers’ ideas about developing in ...

2023

Modelling the sustainability of a primary school digital education curricular reform and professional development program

Francesco Mondada, Barbara Bruno, Jessica Elke Dehler Zufferey, Laila Abdelsalam El-Hamamsy, Morgane Solène Denise Chevalier, Sunny Jonathan Jean-Jacques Laurent Avry, Emilie-Charlotte Monnier

Sustaining changes in teachers’ practices is a challenge that determines the success of curricular reforms, from which Digital Education (DE) is not exempt. As the literature on sustainability is considered “scarce” and “scattered”, long-term studies model ...

2023

The competent Computational Thinking Test: Development and Validation of an Unplugged Computational Thinking Test for Upper Primary School

Francesco Mondada, Barbara Bruno, Jessica Elke Dehler Zufferey, Laila Abdelsalam El-Hamamsy

With the increasing importance of Computational Thinking (CT) at all levels of education, it is essential to have valid and reliable assessments. Currently, there is a lack of such assessments in upper primary school. That is why we present the development ...

2022

Compiling Questions into Balanced Quizzes about Documents

Robert West, Jessica Elke Dehler Zufferey

In the educational framework, knowledge assessment is a critical component, and quizzes (sets of questions with concise answers) are a popular tool for this purpose. This paper focuses on the generation of balanced quizzes, i.e., quizzes that relate to a g ...

ASSOC COMPUTING MACHINERY2018

Mobile and Online Learning Journal: Effects on Apprentices' Reflection in Vocational Education and Training

Jessica Elke Dehler Zufferey

While learning journals (LJs) have been shown to support self-regulated learning strategies, reflection and learning outcomes in academic contexts, few studies have investigated their relevance in vocational education. A mobile and online learning journal ...

2014

How are primary school computer science curricular reforms contributing to equity? Impact on student learning, perception of the discipline, and gender gaps

Francesco Mondada, Barbara Bruno, Jessica Elke Dehler Zufferey, Laila Abdelsalam El-Hamamsy, Sunny Jonathan Jean-Jacques Laurent Avry

Background Early exposure to Computer Science (CS) and Computational Thinking (CT) for all is critical to broaden participation and promote equity in the field. But how does the introduction of CS and CT into primary school curricula impact learning, perce ...

2023

An integrated way of using a tangible user interface in a classroom

Pierre Dillenbourg, Jessica Elke Dehler Zufferey, Sébastien Cuendet

Despite many years of research in CSCL, computers are still scarcely used in classrooms today. One reason for this is that the constraints of the classroom environment are neglected by designers. In this contribution, we present a CSCL environment designed ...

2015

Students' learning strategies, motivation and project-management skills during interdisciplinary projects in Covid times

Jessica Elke Dehler Zufferey, Siara Ruth Isaac, Helena Kovacs, Marc Lafuente Martinez, Julien Delisle

In this study, we investigated an interdisciplinary project-based learning program. Students were confronted with interdisciplinary challenges in the form of complex and authentic problems, like building a racing car or making a mobile laboratory for genet ...

Technische Universität Berlin2021

DRONE GAME THAT HIGHLIGHTS ETHICAL AND SUSTAINABILITY IMPLICATIONS OF DESIGN DECISIONS

Barbara Bruno, Jessica Elke Dehler Zufferey, Siara Ruth Isaac

This paper reports on the development of a brief scenario-based challenge to prompt engineering students’ reflection about the broader impacts of their design decisions, and thereby increase their ethical sensitivity and motivation. The game scenario asks ...

CDIO conference proceedings2023

Bringing Visibility to Transversal Skills in Engineering Education: Towards an Organizing Framework

Jessica Elke Dehler Zufferey, Siara Ruth Isaac, Yousef Jalali

Professional engineering work occurs in dynamic, complex contexts that require engineers to leverage various skills beyond their technical competencies to work productively with different stakeholders. Problem-solving is not merely a technical endeavor; ed ...

2022

Extended dataset for the validation the competent Computational Thinking test in grades 3-6

Francesco Mondada, Barbara Bruno, Jessica Elke Dehler Zufferey, Laila Abdelsalam El-Hamamsy

Extended dataset for the validation the competent Computational Thinking test in grades 3-6 • If you publish material based on this dataset, please cite the following : • The Zenodo repository : Laila El-Hamamsy, Barbara Bruno, Jessica Dehler Zuffere ...

Zenodo2023

Teaching under lockdown: the change in the social practice of teaching

Roland John Tormey, Patrick Jermann, Jessica Elke Dehler Zufferey, Helena Kovacs

Due to the unprecedented situation caused by a global pandemic, the traditional way of teaching that is reliant on face-to-face interaction between teachers and students has been dismantled. This article looks into university teachers’ experiences of teach ...

Springer2022

How to Support Students to Cultivate Psychological Safety in their Teams

Francesco Mondada, Jessica Elke Dehler Zufferey, Yousef Jalali, Beanta Christina Elisabeth Alberink

The importance of psychological safety in teams has been demonstrated in different settings. Team performance improves when team climate allows team members to be their authentic selves, to ask questions and raise concerns comfortably. However, it is less ...

EPFL2024

Distinctly Human - Student's Perception of Transversal Skills in Engineering Curriculum

Jessica Elke Dehler Zufferey, Siara Ruth Isaac, Joelyn de Lima

Through their participation in accreditation procedures, engineering educators are well versed in documenting transversal skills addressed by individual courses and across programs. But to what extent do students perceive support for the transversal skills ...

2024

Investigating the Role of Educational Robotics in Formal Mathematics Education: The Case of Geometry for 15-Year-Old Students

Francesco Mondada, Barbara Bruno, Jessica Elke Dehler Zufferey, Laila Abdelsalam El-Hamamsy, Frédérique Michèle Chessel-Lazzarotto, Jérôme Guillaume Brender

Research has shown that Educational Robotics (ER) enhances student performance, interest, engagement and collaboration. However, until now, the adoption of robotics in formal education has remained relatively scarce. Among other causes, this is due to the ...

Springer, Cham2021

Exploring Engineering Students' Perception of Sustainability and Ethics in Their Curriculum Across Disciplines

Valentina Rossi, Roland John Tormey, Jessica Elke Dehler Zufferey, Siara Ruth Isaac, Joelyn de Lima, Yousef Jalali

Sustainability and ethics are topics of significant, current importance in higher education. In engineering education, they take on even greater importance as engineers play a key role in addressing global issues. While multiple institutions have implement ...

2024

Dataset to Model the Sustainability of a Primary School Digital Education Curricular Reform and Professional Development Program

Francesco Mondada, Barbara Bruno, Jessica Elke Dehler Zufferey, Morgane Solène Denise Chevalier, Sunny Jonathan Jean-Jacques Laurent Avry

This dataset contains the quantitative teacher data used to analyse the sustainability of an in-service teacher training program for Digital Education that took place from September 2019 to March 2020 in the Canton Vaud in Switzerland. As such, the study f ...

Zenodo2022

Technology integration needs empowered instructional coaches: accompanying in-service teachers in school digitalization

Jessica Elke Dehler Zufferey, Laila Abdelsalam El-Hamamsy, Sunny Jonathan Jean-Jacques Laurent Avry, Caroline Pulfrey, Emilie-Charlotte Monnier, Christiane Caneva

Purpose- In digital education curricular initiatives, some teachers are taking on key roles when appointed as instructional coaches (ICs) and become crucial in the sustainability of the initiative by coaching teachers. This study aimed to find out the diff ...

2023