Reserach

My primary research focus is on competency-based education in computer science. Within competency, I believe that 'dispositions' is a topic that needs further discussion. Therefore, I have concentrated more on this aspect. As a researcher in dispositions, I firmly believe that fostering them requires the ability to assess them effectively. Without proper assessment, understanding the current level of learners becomes challenging, hindering our ability to develop them further. Currently, I am working on developing tools for assessing learners' dispositions.

Research Studies

• Tagare, D., Janakiraman, S., Exter, M., Duan, S., Sabin, M., & Tavakoli, J. (August, 2023). Dispositions that Computing Professionals Value in the Workplace: Systematic Literature Review and Interviews with Professionals. In Proceedings of the ACM Conference on International Computing Education Research (ICER '23). Association for Computing Machinery, Chicago, IL, USA. https://doi.org/10.1145/3568813.3600118

• Tagare, D., Tavakoli, J., Exter, M., Sabin, M., & Frezza, S. (2023). Beyond the Cognitive: Educator Readiness for Fostering Dispositions. Proceedings Frontiers in Education Conference. College Station, Texas: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, October, 2023.

Conference Presentations

• Tavakoli, J., Kotangale, A., Exter, M., Tagare, D., & Sabin, M. (2023, October, 15-19). Dispositions in Computing and Implications for Instructional Design Education.  2023 Association for Educational Communications and Technology International Convention. Orlando, FL, United States

• Kotangale, A., Tavakoli, J., & Janakiraman, S.(2023, October, 15-19). Exploring pedagogical practices in environmentally sustainable education in university engineering courses: A literature review.  2023 Association for Educational Communications and Technology International Convention. Orlando, FL, United States

• Tavakoli, J., & Kotangake, A. (2022, April). Dispositions in Instructional Designing. 2022 AGSERS. Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States

• Tavakoli, j. (2015, December). Introducing RWSkills application on Android OS as a new technique in reading, writing and online scaffolding. The Third Student Symposium on English Language Teaching and Translation. Allameh Mohaddes University, Nour, Mazandaran, Iran