Spring 2027

Introducing Computer Science to K-12 Students

Lead CS clubs and workshops for K-12 students in Madison to teach computational thinking and programming.

offering recorded2 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Peter Kirschmann

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.88 GPA, 96.6% A/AB (n=29 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.86 GPA, 92.0% A/AB (n=25 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.89 GPA, 96.3% A/AB (n=27 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Write programs in the Scratch programming language.

  • Design and lead after-school programming clubs for K-12 students.

  • Incorporate effective instructional strategies when teaching K-12 students.

  • Reflect on and document their teaching.

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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COMP SCI 200, 220, 300, 301, 310, 367, placement into COMP SCI 300, orL I S/​COMP SCI 102(COMP SCI 202 prior to Fall 2023), graduate/professional standing, or declared in the Capstone Certificate in Computer Sciences for Professionals

COMPSCI 402

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Professors

Spring 2027

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.88 GPA, 96.6% A/AB (n=29 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.86 GPA, 92.0% A/AB (n=25 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.89 GPA, 96.3% A/AB (n=27 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

PETER KIRSCHMANN is recorded teaching in Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LEC 001Classroom Instruction0 / 400
LAB 301Classroom Instruction0 / 30

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.88 GPA, 96.6% A/AB (n=29 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.86 GPA, 92.0% A/AB (n=25 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.89 GPA, 96.3% A/AB (n=27 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Computational thinking and computer programming
  • Leading CS clubs and workshops for K-12 students
  • Scratch programming

Skills

  • Designing and leading computational thinking and programming activities for K-12 students
  • Writing programs in Scratch
  • Incorporating effective instructional strategies for K-12 teaching
  • Reflecting on and documenting teaching practice

Grades

Latest available · Spring 2026— not enough history to project Spring 2027.

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COMPSCI 402 · Spring 2027

Introducing Computer Science to K-12 Students

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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