Quo Vadis Racial Disparities? Trend Analysis of the Participation and Top Achievement in Advanced Placement Computer Science Exams

K Bahar, E Kaya, X Zhang… - Journal of Advanced …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
This study explores the direction and magnitude of racial disparities on three advanced
placement (AP) computer science (CS) exams, namely AP CS Principles, AP CS A, and AP …

Barriers and supports to offering computer science in high schools: a case study of structures and agents

MC Parker - ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 2023 - dl.acm.org
In the age of computing, there still exist many schools that do not offer computer science
courses. The reason can be esoteric to designers of interventions, curricula, and policies …

Capacity-related factors associated with computer science access and participation in Georgia public high schools

MC Parker, KA Hendrickson - Policy Futures in Education, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
States across the United States are enacting policies aimed at increasing computer science
(CS) courses and content in K–12 schools. We explore the relationship between such policy …

[PDF][PDF] An analysis of supports and barriers to offering computer science in Georgia Public High Schools

MC Parker - … Computing PhD Thesis. Georgia Institute of …, 2019 - mirandacparker.com
This dissertation, and the years in this doctoral program, is the result of the support of a
myriad of people. Many mentors, colleagues, and friends were there as I grew throughout …

Changing Teacher Perceptions about Computational Thinking in Grades 1-6, through a National Training Program

J Simmonds, FJ Gutierrez, F Meza, C Torrent… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
Chile is a medium-sized developing country, with approximately 3,500,000 school-aged
children. Computational thinking (CT) has been recognized as a tool for developing XXI …

AP Computer Science Principles' Impact on the Landscape of High School Computer Science using Maryland as a Model

H Killen, D Weintrop, M Garvin - Proceedings of the 50th ACM Technical …, 2019 - dl.acm.org
The introduction of the Advanced Placement (AP) Computer Science Principles course
changed the high school computer science (CS) landscape in the United States. For the first …

Introducing Computational Thinking at Vocational High Schools

J Simmonds, C Diaz, C Estay - Proceedings of the 2023 Conference on …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
The Technovation Girls program (TG) is an after-school program, where teams of female
school students follow a software ideation process to address one of the UN's Sustainable …

Computing Education

MS Ross, D Ronan, DC Erdil, D Brylow… - ACM Transactions …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
In spite of increasing professional opportunities [83], access and participation in Computer
Science (CS) instruction at the elementary and secondary education levels in the United …

Enacting Systemic Change: The Evolving Landscape of Computer Science Education in the State of Wisconsin

H Bort - 2021 - search.proquest.com
Over the last decade, the Systems Lab at Marquette University has undertaken a grand
challenge to positively impact learners and educators in the state of Wisconsin with …