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My name is Wei Yan, a postdoc researcher at Northern Arizona University. I worked on promoting Computer Science (CS) education in K-12 settings using innovative technologies and making CS education equitable and accessible to all. My research efforts are mainly to understand students’ problem-solving behaviors in the context of CS Education. In K-12 education, computing concepts are complex for young learners to understand directly. However, with the facilitation of computational thinking practice, students can understand these concepts in-depth. While exploring students’ computing activities, I found those students struggled and frustrated. Exploring what made them struggle and how teachers could help them effectively became a high motivation for me.