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Direct linkElisabeth Omand Grønhøj; Billy Wong; Jeppe Bundsgaard – Computer Science Education, 2025
Background and Context: Cultural and social influences from peers, family, and media shape young people's views on technology careers. This study examines Danish students' perceptions and discourses of IT professionals and technology occupations. Objective: Unlike earlier studies focusing on science or STEM as a monolith, this study specifically…
Descriptors: Freehand Drawing, Computer Science Education, Student Attitudes, Information Technology
Xu, Zhen; Ritzhaupt, Albert D.; Umapathy, Karthikeyan; Ning, Yang; Tsai, Chin-Chung – Computer Science Education, 2021
Background and context: Researchers have been looking into the complexity of computer science (CS) education and tried to apply rigorous and relevant educational research methods to understand and facilitate the learning experience of students. Objective: The purpose of this study was to explore college students' conceptions of learning CS to shed…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Attitudes, Computer Science Education, Freehand Drawing
Pantic, Katarina; Clarke-Midura, Jody; Poole, Frederick; Roller, Jared; Allan, Vicki – Computer Science Education, 2018
Stereotypes people hold about computer scientists contribute to underrepresentation in computer science. Perceptions of computer scientists have historically been linked to males and a "nerd" culture, which can lead to lack of interest, particularly for girls. This article presents two studies conducted with two groups of middle…
Descriptors: Stereotypes, Computer Science, Disproportionate Representation, Gender Differences
Hansen, Alexandria Killian; Dwyer, Hilary; Harlow, Danielle Boyd; Franklin, Diana – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2016
We developed the Draw-A-Computer-Scientist-Test (DACST) to better understand elementary school students' conceptions of computer scientists and the nature of their work. By understanding how young children perceive computer scientists, we can broaden their ideas about the activities and images of computer scientists. We administered the DACST to…
Descriptors: Computer Science, Scientists, Elementary School Students, Concept Formation
Download full textChing-Ching Cheng; Kuo-Hung Huang – Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2016
Prior studies indicated that children's images of science and engineering greatly influenced their attitude toward career choice. This study explored how elementary school students perceived computer professionals and computer job tasks. Sixty-four students attending computer camps in 2 cities participated in the study. The Draw-a-Scientist Test…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Computer Science Education, Student Attitudes, Career Choice
Thomas, Mark D.; Henley, Tracy B.; Snell, Catherine M. – College Student Journal, 2006
This study examined Draw-a-Scientist-Test (DAST) images solicited from 212 undergraduate students for the presence of traditional gender stereotypes. Participants were 100 males and 112 females enrolled in psychology or computer science courses with a mean age of 21.02 years. A standard multiple regression generated a model that accounts for the…
Descriptors: Freehand Drawing, Scientists, Elementary School Students, Comparative Analysis
