Programming Preferences and Perceptions Study
Programming Preferences and Perceptions Study
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Are you a high school introductory CS teacher in United States?
Email us at csed-research.me@u.northwestern.edu with your name, school/district to partner with us.
Great end of year activity! Plus, get insights and recommendations when the study concludes.
Are you a high school student taking your first CS course in HS?
Complete a short 10-15 minute survey and receive a $15 Amazon gift card.
(and participate in optional 1 hour interview to receive additional $35 Amazon gift card.)
Contacts
Contacts
Student Researchers:
Caryn Tran (PhD Candidate)
Kristin Fasiang (PhD Candidate)
Kalliope Gaggos (Undergraduate student)
Principal Investigator: Eleanor O'Rourke, Professor of Computer Science and Learning Sciences
FAQ
FAQ
What is the study?
What is the study?
Students will answer a short survey about their programming preferences and perceptions.
Interested and selected students will be contacted for an optional follow-up interview.
Who is eligible?
Who is eligible?
Students must:
Be between the ages of 13 and 18,
Have no more than 1 year of formal high school-level Computer Science or Programming coursework.
If a student is currently enrolled in a Computer Science/Programming class, that’s great!
If a student has taken any courses prior to high school or outside of school, that’s okay too!
Have experience using an educational programming environment, ie:
Scratch, Snap, MakeCode, CodeHS, Alice, CodeCombat, Code.org, AppInventor, etc.
What are compensation & benefits?
What are compensation & benefits?
Students will be compensated $15 to $45 ($15 for the 10-15 min survey, $35/hr for the interview) in Amazon gift cards.
Students will see what research looks like (learning sciences and human-computer interaction research).
Students will reflect on their preferences and perceptions of programming and learn about new tools for learning programming.
More?! I’m happy to brainstorm any other ideas that you might think will benefit students!
How long will it take?
How long will it take?
Survey (taken at any time) runs 10-15 minutes.
Interested/selected students will be contacted via email to schedule their 1 hour follow-up interview.
Is it safe?
Is it safe?
Students need to parent consent for participating in the study.
Participation is completely voluntary.
All responses are anonymized. Any reports or publications based on this research will use only group data and will not identify you or any individual as being affiliated with this project.
Data transmission is encrypted and firewall security is in place.
Where is the study conducted?
Where is the study conducted?
The survey is completed through Qualtrics online platform wherever the student has internet access.
The interview is done through a password-protected Zoom meeting.
Participants must be based in the United States.
I am a teacher. How can I get involved?
I am a teacher. How can I get involved?
Your students get compensated for their time, and we will also share the findings of the study with you.
We may have opportunities to run the study as an in-class activity in late-May or June. Please contact us if you are interested.
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