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Thu 16 Mar 2023 10:45 - 11:10 at 803 - TOCE Papers: Identity and Diversity Chair(s): Amy Ko

The Advanced Placement Computer Science Principles (APCSP) course was introduced in 2016 to address long-standing gender and racial/ethnic disparities in the United States among students taking Advanced Placement Computer Science (APCS) in high school, as well as among those who pursued computing majors in college. Although APCSP has drawn a more diverse population of course takers than the traditional Advanced Placement Computer Science A (APCSA) course, questions remain about whether the new course portends students’ longer-term interest in computing and technology. This study used data from more than 120,000 first-year college students in the United States to understand the relationship between taking APCSA, APCSP, or both APCS courses and students’ aspirations to major in computing or to pursue a computing or technology career. Our results indicated that taking APCSA or taking both APCS courses positively predicted students’ major or career aspirations in computing and technology, but that taking only APCSP did not predict long-term computing interest (although positive associations were identified for women). The findings identify a possible tension in the function of APCSP, as it appears to broaden access to computing knowledge, but may not necessarily encourage longer-term computing aspirations for all groups of underrepresented students.

Thu 16 Mar

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10:45 - 12:00
TOCE Papers: Identity and DiversitySister Sessions at 803
Chair(s): Amy Ko University of Washington
10:45
25m
Talk
Can Computing Be Diversified on “Principles” Alone? Exploring the role of AP Computer Science courses in students’ major and career intentionsMSIK12
Sister Sessions
Linda Sax UCLA, Kaitlin Newhouse North Carolina State University, Joanna Goode University of Oregon, USA, Tomoko Nakajima UCLA, Max Skorodinsky University of Oregon, Michelle Sendowski UCLA
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11:10
25m
Talk
Examining the What, Why, and How of Multilingual Student Identity Development in Computer ScienceMSIGlobalK12
Sister Sessions
Sharin Jacob University of California, Irvine, Jonathan Montoya University of California, Irvine, Ha Nguyen University of California, Irvine, Debra Richardson University of California, Irvine, Mark Warschauer University of California, Irvine
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11:35
25m
Talk
“Go[ing] hard. . . as a woman of color”: A case study examining identity work within a performative dance and computing learning environment MSIK12
Sister Sessions
Kayla DesPortes New York University, Kathleen McDermott New York University, Yoav Bergner New York University, William Payne New York University
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