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Melissa Tovar
Undergraduate, The University of Chicago
Project: Scratch Encore – Exploring Student Behavior
Mentor: Diana Franklin, CANON Lab
Research Area Keywords: STEM Education // Data Analysis
Project Description: Melissa Tovar is a senior at the University of Chicago studying computer science. This summer, she worked with Prof. Diana Franklin in the CANON Research Lab on the Scratch Encore team. The project sought to adapt the Scratch Encore curriculum so that it became combatible to remote learning. This includes worksheets now available in google forms or google slides. Another part of the summer was spent analyzing student responses on said worksheets from the previous school year.