Article
The Impact of the Exploring Computer Science Instructional Model in Chicago Public Schools
Computing in Science & Engineering
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-1-2016
Pages
10--17
Publisher Name
IEEE Computer Society
Disciplines
Abstract
As part of the Taste of Computing project, the Exploring Computer Science (ECS) instructional model has been expanded to many high schools in the Chicago Public Schools system. We report on initial outcomes showing that students value the ECS course experience, resulting in increased awareness of and interest in the field of computer science. We compare these results by race and gender. The data provide a good basis for exploring the impact of meaningful computer science instruction on students from groups underrepresented in computing; of several hundred students surveyed, nearly half were female, and over half were Hispanic or African-American.
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Copyright Statement
Copyright © 2016 Lucia Dettori, Ronald I. Greenberg, Steven McGee, and Dale Reed
Citation Information
Lucia Dettori, Ronald I. Greenberg, Steven McGee, and Dale Reed. The impact of the Exploring Computer Science instructional model in Chicago Public Schools. Computing in Science & Engineering (Special Issue: Best of RESPECT 2015), 18(2):10--17, March/April 2016.
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This is a revised version of the conference paper that can be found at http://ecommons.luc.edu/cs_facpubs/176 (along with presentation slides).