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Sat 18 Mar 2023 08:55 - 09:20 at 701B - Persistence and Belonging Chair(s): Jean Salac

Students’ future goals may be one of many factors that contributes to the underrepresentation of women, folks from racially minoritized groups (i.e., Black, Latinx, and Native), and first-generation college students in computing. This study examines whether students who desire a career where they can have a social impact, serve humanity, help others, and/or give back to their community may be deterred from the computing field if they perceive it as incompatible with communal goals: goals of working with or for the benefit of others. Using survey data from over 45,000 under- graduate students, results show that women, compared to men of their same racial/ethnic identity, report goals of social impact at higher rates, and that the relationship between a student’s sense of belonging in computing and their future goals is moderated by their perception of the communal goal affordances of computing.

Sat 18 Mar

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08:30 - 09:45
Persistence and BelongingPapers at 701B
Chair(s): Jean Salac University of Washington, Seattle
08:30
25m
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Do Intentions to Persist Predict Short-Term Computing Course Enrollments? A Scale Development, Validation, and Reliability AnalysisIn-PersonCER Best Paper
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Rachel Harred NCSU, Tiffany Barnes North Carolina State University, Susan Fisk Kent State University, Bita Akram North Carolina State University, Thomas Price North Carolina State University, Spencer Yoder North Carolina State University
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08:55
25m
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Goal-Congruity Theory Predicts Students’ Sense of Belonging in Computing Across Racial/Ethnic GroupsIn-Person
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Kathleen Isenegger University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Kari George University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Paul Bruno University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Colleen M. Lewis University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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09:20
25m
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Critical Pedagogy in Practice in the Computing ClassroomIn-PersonGlobalCER Best Paper
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Eric Mayhew McGill University, Elizabeth Patitsas McGill University
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