Improving Female Student Retention in Computer Science during the First Programming Course

Varol, Hacer; Varol, Cihan

doi:10.7763/ijiet.2014.v4.437

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“…As a consequence, high dropout or failure rates in introductory programming courses are common. Students who do not succeed in such a course might quickly give up on the field of computing (Varol & Varol, 2014). To date, few studies have examined the role of programming self-efficacy in programming learning, especially as regards the relationship between persistence and programming self-efficacy.…”

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Self-Efficacy Beliefs and Their Sources in Undergraduate Computing Disciplines

Lin

2015

Journal of Educational Computing Research

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This study has two central purposes: First, it examines not only the roles of gender and persistence in undergraduate computing majors' learning self-efficacy, computer self-efficacy, and programming self-efficacy but also Bandura's hypothesized sources of self-efficacy; second, it examines the influence of sources of efficacy on the three aforementioned self-efficacy beliefs as a whole and as functions of gender and persistence levels. The results indicate that persistence levels had a significant effect on all the self-efficacy beliefs and sources of efficacy except computer self-efficacy and physiological state. However, these students' self-efficacy beliefs and sources of efficacy did not vary by gender. Moreover, the sources of efficacy differently influenced the three self-efficacy beliefs not only as a whole but also as functions of gender and persistence levels.

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Self-Efficacy Beliefs and Their Sources in Undergraduate Computing Disciplines

Lin

2015

Journal of Educational Computing Research

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“…The literature shows that students' perceptions of student-teacher relationships affect their motivation and engagement in instructional activities (Lazarides et al, 2018;Quin, 2017;Roorda et al, 2011;Xerri et al, 2018;Zhou et al, 2020). Varol and Varol (2014) found that a lack of communication between students and faculty is one of the leading causes of the underrepresentation of female students in the field of computer science. This study adds to the literature by examining the impact of students' perceptions of caring on students' successes in learning computer programming.…”

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Examining the Relationship Between Components of the MUSIC Model of Motivation and Student Achievement in Computer Programming

Alshammari

2023

IJLTER

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Computer programming is often perceived as being difficult to teach and learn. Many researchers have investigated the most effective approaches to teaching computer programming, and the results of such investigations are inconsistent. Despite ongoing investigations into teaching approaches, researchers have not yet focused their studies on determining on which factors affecting student academic motivation educational researchers should focus when they implement pedagogical interventions. The research takes this inquiry forward by investigating the impact of student perceptions of the MUSIC model (i.e., empowerment, usefulness, success, interest, and caring) on learning programming, and by testing for any gender-based differences in those processes and outcomes. The participant body in this study comprised primarily of 97 ‘freshmen’ male and female computer science majors and non-majors, gathered from three 8-week long project-based programming workshops. All of the participants took a coding test and filled out the MUSIC inventory before and after the programming workshops. Although all the motivation-related components of the MUSIC model are important, this study found that students’ perceptions of usefulness, caring, and interest are significantly predictive of their learning successes. With regard to gender, the study found that there were no significant gender-based differences in their perceptions of the motivation-related components of the MUSIC model at the end of the study, while there were significant gender gaps in students’ perceptions of success and caring at the beginning of the study. Recommendations for the design and implementation of computer programming courses are provided.

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“…Apesar dos resultados promissores obtidos com a realização das atividades apresentadas na Seção 4,é possível observar que a participação das meninas em maratonas de programação aindaé baixa, uma vez que poucas alunas do CIC/UnB interessaramse pelas competições em comparação a participação masculina. De acordo com [Varol and Varol 2014],é importante ter um ambiente confortável para as alunas, o qual torne a prática de preparos para competições viável. Portanto, com o objetivo de dar continuidade no oferecimento de um ambiente mais confortável para que as meninas sintam-se mais motivadas para aprender e desenvolver habilidades para as competições, pretende-se considerar mais atividades com foco em treinamento.…”

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Uma Iniciativa para Aumentar a Participação Feminina nas Competições de Programação: um Relato de Experiência

Lima¹,

Santos²,

Zhou³

et al. 2021

Anais Do XV Women in Information Technology (WIT 2021)

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Competições de programação podem proporcionar várias habilidades aos participantes. Atualmente, a participação feminina ainda não é muito expressiva em competições de programação. O presente artigo apresenta uma iniciativa realizada no Departamento de Ciência da Computação da Universidade de Brasília, com o objetivo de aumentar o número de meninas nas competições de programação e, portanto, possibilitar que elas tenham oportunidades para adquirir as habilidades proporcionadas pelas competições. Os resultados da iniciativa mostraram que as meninas sentiram-se mais motivadas e participaram de mais atividades relacionadas a competições de programação do que em anos anteriores.

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Improving Female Student Retention in Computer Science during the First Programming Course

Cited by 4 publications

References 8 publications

Self-Efficacy Beliefs and Their Sources in Undergraduate Computing Disciplines

Self-Efficacy Beliefs and Their Sources in Undergraduate Computing Disciplines

Examining the Relationship Between Components of the MUSIC Model of Motivation and Student Achievement in Computer Programming

Uma Iniciativa para Aumentar a Participação Feminina nas Competições de Programação: um Relato de Experiência

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