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Jean Salac; Lena Armstrong; F. Megumi Kivuva; Jayne Everson; Amy J. Ko – ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 2025
Background and Context: With the growing movement to adopt critical framings of computing, scholars have worked to reframe computing education from the narrow development of programming skills to skills in identifying and resisting oppressive structures in computing. However, we have little guidance on how these framings may manifest in classroom…
Descriptors: Critical Theory, Computer Science Education, Summer Programs, Secondary School Students
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Minnes, Mia; Serslev, Sheena Ghanbari; Padilla, Omar – ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 2021
Summer internships present an opportunity for Computer Science (CS) students to expand and test their skills in "the real world." These multi-faceted experiences call on students to use technical tools and critical thinking in collaboration with others to solve problems. There are many opportunities for learning and growth: which of…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Student Satisfaction, Undergraduate Students, Value Judgment
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Doerschuk, Peggy; Liu, Jiangjiang; Mann, Judith – ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 2011
If we are to attract more women and minorities to computing we must engage students at an early age. As part of its mission to increase participation of women and underrepresented minorities in computing, the Increasing Student Participation in Research Development Program (INSPIRED) conducts computing academies for high school students. The…
Descriptors: Role Models, Females, Student Participation, High School Students
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Barker, L. – ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 2009
Undergraduate research experiences are promoted and funded for their potential in increasing students' likelihood of pursuing graduate degrees, increasing their confidence, and expanding their awareness of their discipline and career opportunities. These outcomes, however, depend on the social, organizational, and intellectual conditions under…
Descriptors: Mentors, Females, Computer Science, Comparative Analysis