Undergraduate Students’ Perceptions of the Impact of Pre-College Computing Activities on Choices of Major
Undergraduate Students’ Perceptions of the Impact of Pre-College Computing Activities on Choices of Major
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本科生对大学预科计算机活动对专业选择影响的看法
DOI：
10.1145/2920214
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发表时间：
2016
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影响因子：
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通讯作者：
Amber Settle
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作者：
Monica Mcgill;Adrienne Decker;Amber Settle
计算机领域缺乏多样性已经存在了几十年，尽管女性在计算机领域的参与率仍然很低，但试图解决这种情况的外联方案现在相当多。为了开始了解这些过去的活动是否产生了长期影响，我们进行了系统的文献回顾。在发现缺乏纵向研究后，我们调查了本科生是否认为他们在大学之前参与的计算活动有助于他们决定主修计算机领域。从这项研究的770名参与者中，我们发现，在被要求参加计算活动的男性中，约有20%的人和女性中的24%选择了计算机或相关专业，但男性认为该活动对他们决策的影响(20%)大于女性(6.9%)。参加外展活动的女性更有可能主修计算机。与选择计算机专业的女性相比，没有选择专业的女性不太可能表示参加活动的大多数学生是男孩，他们是小组中受欢迎的一部分。结果还显示，与选择非计算机专业的男性参与者相比，最终不是主修计算机的女性参与者对外展活动的负面看法要强烈得多。尽管许多计算机推广活动的目的是使计算多样化，但总的来说，男孩比女孩更容易接受这些活动，尽管需要参与产生的净积极影响大致相同。
A lack of diversity in the computing field has existed for several decades, and although female participation in computing remains low, outreach programs attempting to address the situation are now quite numerous. To begin to understand whether or not these past activities have had long-term impact, we conducted a systematic literature review. Upon discovering that longitudinal studies were lacking, we investigated whether undergraduate students believed that their participation in computing activities prior to college contributed to their decision to major in a computing field. From the 770 participants in the study, we discovered that approximately 20% of males and 24% of females who were required to participate in computing activities chose a computing or related major, but that males perceived that the activity had a greater affect on their decision (20%) than females (6.9%). Females who participated in an outreach activity were more likely to major in computing. Compared with females who chose to major in computing, females who did not were less likely to indicate that the majority of students participating in activities were boys and that they were a welcome part of the groups. Results also showed that female participants who do not ultimately major in computing have a much stronger negative perception of the outreach activities than male participants who also chose a non-computing major. Although many computing outreach activities are designed to diversify computing, it may be the case that, overall, boys receive these activities more favorably than girls, although requiring participation yields approximately the same net positive impact.
DOI：
10.1145/1595496.1562911
发表时间：
2009
期刊：
ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
影响因子：
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作者：
Curzon P
通讯作者：
Curzon P