Defining a “Computer Science Person” and the Pedagogical Practices Supporting Positive Identification for Minoritized YouthK12In-Person
This paper explores the relationship between high school students’ shifting computer science (CS) identity and engagement over the course of one school year in both Advanced Placement Computer Science Principles (AP CSP) and Exploring Computer Science (ECS) classrooms in a large west coast urban school district of the US. Through an analysis of over 500 pre- and post-surveys administered during the 2018-19 school year—with an intersectional analysis comparing Latina and Latino perspectives in this primarily low-income, Latino/a/x school district—this paper answers the following research questions: (1) Who identifies as “CS people” and what does that mean to them? and (2) Which teaching practices seem to have the greatest relationship with CS identification and engagement? Findings describe intersectional analyses of ECS and APCSP Latino and Latina student identification with CS, key reasons why students do or do not identify as CS people, and which pedagogical practices seem most correlated with CS identification and engagement.
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10:45 25mPaper | Centering Minoritized Students’ Perspectives: What Makes CS Learning Consequential K12In-Person Papers Wei Wei University of California, Los Angeles, Jean Ryoo UCLA Computer Science Equity Project, Alicia Morris Los Angeles Unified School District DOI | ||
11:10 25mPaper | Defining a “Computer Science Person” and the Pedagogical Practices Supporting Positive Identification for Minoritized YouthK12In-Person Papers DOI | ||
11:35 25mPaper | “I Can Do That Too”: Factors Influencing a Sense of Belonging for Females in High School Computer Science ClassroomsK12In-PersonGlobal Papers Jesse Moya Siena College, Robin Flatland Siena College, James Matthews Siena College, Pauline White Siena College, Stacey Hansen University at Albany, MaryAnne Egan Siena College DOI |