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Fri 28 Feb 2025 11:41 - 12:00 at Meeting Room 406 - Broadening Participation #2

Sense of belonging has been shown to be important for student persistence and success in computer science. A student’s sense of belonging is related to a variety of factors, including gender, prior programming experience, first generation status, and elements of the learning environment. Prior work has also shown that competitive admission processes have a negative impact on student sense of belonging. This paper explores sense of belonging of students who enter a computer science major through either a direct or competitive admission pathway. We look at how admission pathway, prior programming experience, and self-identification as a minority in computer science affect sense of belonging for these students. We find that sense of belonging does not differ in a significant way between admission pathways, however prior experience and self-identification as a minority do affect sense of belonging.

This program is tentative and subject to change.

Fri 28 Feb

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10:45 - 12:00
Broadening Participation #2Papers at Meeting Room 406
10:45
18m
Talk
A Student-Led Association for Computing Education: A Two-Year Experience Report
Papers
Jolie Zhou University of Washington, Yunseo Lee University of Washington, Suh Young Choi University of Washington, Simon Wu University of Washington, Mitchell Levy University of Washington
11:03
18m
Talk
Improving AI in CS1: Leveraging Human Feedback for Better Learning
Papers
Rongxin Liu Harvard University, Julianna Zhao Harvard University, Benjamin Xu Yale University, Christopher Perez Harvard University, Yuliia Zhukovets Harvard University, David J. Malan Harvard University
11:22
18m
Talk
Integrating Socially Responsible Computing through Direct Community Engagement in CS2 to Promote Latinx Student RetentionMSI
Papers
Yu Sun California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, Qichao Dong California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, Fang Tang California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, Leata Hubbard Cheuoua WestEd
11:41
18m
Talk
Exploring Sense of Belonging for CS Majors with Direct vs Competitive Admission Pathways
Papers
Jennifer Campbell University of Toronto, Jacqueline Smith University of Toronto, Emily Greenleaf University of Toronto