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High school computing clubs: a pilot study

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Andrew Bennett,

Joanna Briggs,

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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin, Volume 38, Issue 3

Pages 38 - 42

https://doi.org/10.1145/1140123.1140137

Published: 26 June 2006 Publication History

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While classes in IT skills are endemic, high school students in the UK rarely experience computer science. We present a pilot of a scheme that aims to go some way towards addressing this. Specifically, computing clubs were run on high school premises by high school teachers using material prepared by the University of Leeds School of Computing and supported by volunteer undergraduate mentors. Feedback suggests that the clubs were highly successful in their objectives of broadening understanding of the idea of a computer and introducing the concept of a computer program. School students, their teachers and the undergraduate volunteers all report an enjoyable, purposeful experience.

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High school computing clubs: a pilot study
1. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Computing education
      1. Computing education programs
        Computer science education
        Information science education

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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin Volume 38, Issue 3

September 2006

367 pages

ISSN:0097-8418

DOI:10.1145/1140123

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ITICSE '06: Proceedings of the 11th annual SIGCSE conference on Innovation and technology in computer science education
June 2006
390 pages
ISBN:1595930558
DOI:10.1145/1140124
Conference Chair:
Renzo Davoli
Università di Bologna, Italy
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Program Chairs:
Michael Goldweber
Xavier University
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Paola Salomoni
Università di Bologna, Italy

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