[Poster Accepted.] Authentic Voices of Young Novice African-Americans Learning Computer Programming Concepts: A Case Study of Students Enrolled in Courses Offered by Uplift, Inc (original) (raw)

Abstract

The paper that accompanies this poster contains the design, findings, and critique of a qualitative case study implemented during the summer of 2013 to uncover and understand African-American (Black) students’ perspectives of computer programming and computer science as they progress through learning and applying simple to complex computer programming concepts. The case contains courses offered by Uplift, Inc., a nonprofit organization in Washington, DC that provides courses in science, technology, engineering, arts, mathematics in computer science (STEAM+CS). It begins with an introduction to the challenge in the United States of attracting minority populations to these fields and introduces some current programs that expose African American students to CS, including those offered by Uplift, Inc. The importance of understanding these student perspectives and the necessity to uncover how their perspectives may change over time as they gradually learn and apply more complex programmi...

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