Introducing underrepresented high school students to software engineering: Using the micro:bit microcontroller to program connected autonomous cars
Introducing underrepresented high school students to software engineering: Using the micro:bit microcontroller to program connected autonomous cars
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向代表性不足的高中生介绍软件工程：使用 micro:bit 微控制器对联网自动驾驶汽车进行编程
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发表时间：
2020
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2.9
通讯作者：
P. Seeling
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作者：
Dylan Kelly;P. Seeling
考虑到未被充分代表的群体的外展已经成为增加科学、技术、工程和数学相关学科参与的一个特别推动力，其中计算机科学和软件工程代表了一个特定领域。我们描述了我们的外联编程采用微位微控制器环境动手软件开发和学生如何改变他们的高层次的领域知识和态度。我们发现，总体而言，学生获得了一般知识，并且对计算机科学相关的高等教育的积极态度略有增加。我们还发现了不同知识水平群体之间的差异、自我认知差异以及绩效差异。我们还注意到，大多数学生表示他们喜欢我们的方法，并且总体上使用微位微控制器是值得的。我们计划的未来迭代将利用这些发现，并增加额外的数据收集工作，以取代目前的前测试和后测试仪器。
Outreach that considers underrepresented groups has become one particular push to increase participation in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math‐related disciplines, with Computer Science and Software Engineering representing one particular domain. We describe our outreach programming employing the micro:bit microcontroller environment for hands‐on software development and how students change their high‐level domain knowledge and attitudes. We find that overall, students were gaining general knowledge and slight increases in their positive attitudes towards a computer science‐related post‐secondary education. We also find differences between incoming knowledge level groups and self‐perception as well as performance differences. We also note a slight majority of students indicated that they liked our approach and that the utilization of the micro:bit microcontroller overall was worthwhile. Future iterations of our programming will utilize these findings and add additional data gathering efforts supplanting the current pre‐ and posttest instruments.