What's Behind the Screen? Middle School Girls Learning to Code

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Abstract

In an era when adolescent students are virtually dependent on the use of technology for their entertainment and social lives, only a narrow and exclusive band of our population is learning the skills and techniques of computer programming. In this increasingly technology-based economy, computer science knowledge enables students to access economic opportunities for the 21st century. The purpose of this case study is to explore how four adolescent girls engage in learning computer science principles and a computer coding language (i.e., Ruby) during a summer camp for middle school students.

Author

• Maureen M Doyle-Neumann, University Of Vermont