Computing for Change: Evaluating the Effects of an After-school Computing Program

• In Event: Instructional design and learner engagement

Short Description

A semester-long program evaluation was conducted to determine whether middle school students’ programming knowledge and attitudes towards Computer Sciences were improved through their participation in an after-school computing program. The findings of this evaluation are utilized to determine whether the program affected students’ learning about programming. Moreover, findings would be used to facilitate the design of this after-school program, specifically in engaging students in learning to compute.

Authors

• Contributor: Hui Yang, University of Delaware

• Presenter: Diane Codding, University of Delaware