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Defensive climate in the computer science classroom

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Lecia Jane Barker,

Kathy Garvin-Doxas,

Michele JacksonAuthors Info & Claims

ACM SIGCSE Bulletin, Volume 34, Issue 1

Pages 43 - 47

https://doi.org/10.1145/563517.563354

Published: 27 February 2002 Publication History

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As part of an NSF-funded IT Workforce grant, the authors conducted ethnographic research to provide deep understanding of the learning environment of computer science classrooms. Categories emerging from data analysis included 1) impersonal environment and guarded behavior; and 2) the creation and maintenance of informal hierarchy resulting in competitive behaviors. These communication patterns lead to a defensive climate, characterized by competitiveness rather cooperation, judgments about others, superiority, and neutrality rather than empathy. The authors identify particular and recognizable types of discourse, which, when prevalent in a classroom, can preclude the development of a collaborative and supportive learning environment.

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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin Volume 34, Issue 1

Inroads: paving the way towards excellence in computing education

March 2002

417 pages

ISSN:0097-8418

DOI:10.1145/563517

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SIGCSE '02: Proceedings of the 33rd SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
February 2002
471 pages
ISBN:1581134738
DOI:10.1145/563340
Conference Chairs:
Judith Gersting
University of Hawaii at Hilo
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Grinnell College
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Grand Valley State University

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