Sharin Jacob
Ph.D. Student
School of Education
Email: sharinj@uci.edu
Website: https://sharinjacob.weebly.com/
Ph.D. Student
School of Education
Email: sharinj@uci.edu
Website: https://sharinjacob.weebly.com/
Biography
Sharin Jacob is a PhD in Education Student at the University of California Irvine. She received her M.A. in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages with distinction from California State University, Los Angeles. Sharin has four years experience teaching high school English as a Second Language to multilingual students, including at a New Arrivals Center in which she taught sheltered math and science to newcomers.
Her research interests are interdisciplinary, bringing theory from the learning sciences, computer science education, and applied linguistics to study the teaching and learning of computing and computational thinking to multilingual students.
Sharin is currently a graduate student researcher on CONECTAR: Collaborative Network of Educators for Computational Thinking for All Research: a National Science Foundation Computer Science for All initiative designed to promote computational thinking for multilingual upper elementary students.
Publications and Forthcoming Papers
Jacob, S., & Warschauer, M. (2018). Computational thinking and literacy. Journal of Computer Science Integration, 1(1), 1-19. Retrieved from https://inspire.redlands.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1003&context=jcsi
Jacob, S., Nguyen, H., Tofel-Grehl, C., Richardson, D., & Warschauer, M. (2018). Teaching computational thinking to English leanrers. NYS TESOL Journal, 5(2), pp. 1-12. Retrieved from http://journal.nystesol.org/july2018/4Jacob%28CGFP%29.pdf
Jacob, S., & Warschauer, M. (in press). Engaging multilingual identities in computer science instruction. Freiermuth, M. R. Editor & Zarrinabadi, N. Editor (Eds.), Technology and language learner psychology. New York: Bloomsbury.
Under Review
Garcia, L., Jacob, S., Denner, J., Bhattiacharya, D., Peterfreund, A., Richardson, D. (under review). Using Research-Practitioner Partnership to Implement Computer Science Education in K-12. Emerging Voices in Education.
Working Papers
Jacob, S., Garcia, L., Nyugen, H., Warschauer, M., Richardson, D. Examining the implementation of a computational thinking curriculum for dual language learners.
Jacob, S., Garcia, L., Nyugen, H., Warschauer, M. Developing multilingual students' computer science identities.
Nyugen, H., Jacob, S., Garcia, L., Warschauer, M. Teacher noticing of multilingual students’ computer science discourse.
Prado, Y., Jacob, S. Warschauer, M. Learning with Scratch: Similarities and differences between special and gifted populations
Zhou, N., Cao, Y. Jacob, S., Richardson, D. Secondary school teachers’ conceptualizations of equity in computer science teaching and learning.
Honors and Awards
California State University Chancellor’s Doctoral Incentive Program Scholar, selected by the CSU Chancellor’s Office May 6, 2019.
David E. Eskey Memorial Award, received at the Annual CATESOL Association Conference, October 19, 2017.
May 2019
Sharin Jacob is a PhD in Education Student at the University of California Irvine. She received her M.A. in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages with distinction from California State University, Los Angeles. Sharin has four years experience teaching high school English as a Second Language to multilingual students, including at a New Arrivals Center in which she taught sheltered math and science to newcomers.
Her research interests are interdisciplinary, bringing theory from the learning sciences, computer science education, and applied linguistics to study the teaching and learning of computing and computational thinking to multilingual students.
Sharin is currently a graduate student researcher on CONECTAR: Collaborative Network of Educators for Computational Thinking for All Research: a National Science Foundation Computer Science for All initiative designed to promote computational thinking for multilingual upper elementary students.
Publications and Forthcoming Papers
Jacob, S., & Warschauer, M. (2018). Computational thinking and literacy. Journal of Computer Science Integration, 1(1), 1-19. Retrieved from https://inspire.redlands.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1003&context=jcsi
Jacob, S., Nguyen, H., Tofel-Grehl, C., Richardson, D., & Warschauer, M. (2018). Teaching computational thinking to English leanrers. NYS TESOL Journal, 5(2), pp. 1-12. Retrieved from http://journal.nystesol.org/july2018/4Jacob%28CGFP%29.pdf
Jacob, S., & Warschauer, M. (in press). Engaging multilingual identities in computer science instruction. Freiermuth, M. R. Editor & Zarrinabadi, N. Editor (Eds.), Technology and language learner psychology. New York: Bloomsbury.
Under Review
Garcia, L., Jacob, S., Denner, J., Bhattiacharya, D., Peterfreund, A., Richardson, D. (under review). Using Research-Practitioner Partnership to Implement Computer Science Education in K-12. Emerging Voices in Education.
Working Papers
Jacob, S., Garcia, L., Nyugen, H., Warschauer, M., Richardson, D. Examining the implementation of a computational thinking curriculum for dual language learners.
Jacob, S., Garcia, L., Nyugen, H., Warschauer, M. Developing multilingual students' computer science identities.
Nyugen, H., Jacob, S., Garcia, L., Warschauer, M. Teacher noticing of multilingual students’ computer science discourse.
Prado, Y., Jacob, S. Warschauer, M. Learning with Scratch: Similarities and differences between special and gifted populations
Zhou, N., Cao, Y. Jacob, S., Richardson, D. Secondary school teachers’ conceptualizations of equity in computer science teaching and learning.
Honors and Awards
California State University Chancellor’s Doctoral Incentive Program Scholar, selected by the CSU Chancellor’s Office May 6, 2019.
David E. Eskey Memorial Award, received at the Annual CATESOL Association Conference, October 19, 2017.
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