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Lyon, Louise Ann; Green, Emily – ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 2021
College-educated women in the workforce are discovering a latent interest in and aptitude for computing motivated by the prevalence of computing as an integral part of jobs in many fields as well as continued headlines about the number of unfilled, highly paid computing jobs. One of these women's choices for retraining are the so-called coding…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Coding, Programming, Females
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Denner, Jill; Green, Emily; Campe, Shannon – Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2021
Background: Learning to program and success in computer science requires persistence in the face of challenges. This study contributes to research on the social context of learning by describing how children's peer interactions can support or hinder the pair's problem solving on the computer. Methods: Video recordings from eight pairs of middle…
Descriptors: Programming, Computer Science Education, Middle School Students, Peer Relationship
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Lyon, Louise Ann; Schatz, Colin; Green, Emily – Community College Review, 2023
Research question: For students enrolling in introductory computer science classes at community colleges, how did they experience the class in an emergency remote teaching environment, particularly in contrast to in-person instruction at the start of the semester? Methods: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 18 students from diverse…
Descriptors: Student Experience, Student Diversity, Minority Group Students, Introductory Courses
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Lyon, Louise Ann; Green, Emily – Computer Science Education, 2020
Background and Context: Non-traditional training grounds such as coding boot camps that attract a higher proportion of women are important sites for understanding how to broaden participation in computing. Objective: This work aims to help us better understand the women choosing boot camps and their pathways through these camps and into the…
Descriptors: Coding, Females, Nontraditional Education, Computer Science Education
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Campe, Shannon; Denner, Jill; Green, Emily; Torres, David – Computer Science Education, 2020
Background and Context: Pair programming is used in classrooms to promote learning and engage a more diverse group of students in computing fields, but little is known about what it looks like in middle school. Objective: The aim of this study was to examine how programming pairs were interacting and about what. Method: Video, audio, and screen…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Programming, Computer Science Education, Middle School Students