Training rural teachers to engage students in coding across the disciplines — that is the goal of Missouri State University’s Computer Science Opportunities, Development and Education in Rural Schools (CODERS) project.

An interdisciplinary project among faculty members from Reynolds College of Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (RCASH), College of Education (COE) and College of Natural and Applied Sciences (CNAS), CODERS integrates coding skills with literacy, music, languages and computational thinking.

CODERS works with students in grades 3-8. It is funded by a five-year, $4 million Education, Innovation and Research Early Phase grant from the U.S. Department of Education.

Project director Dr. Keri Franklin, professor of English and director of the Center for Writing in College, Career and Community, oversees the evaluation design and overall project.

Drs. Tammi Davis (COE), Diana Piccolo (COE), Andrew Homburg (RCASH), Judith Martinez (RCASH) and Razib Iqbal (CNAS) develop CODERS modules and teacher training.

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