An Examination of a Group of Middle School Students' Engagement during a Series of Afterschool Computing Activities in an Urban School District

Autor/inn/en	Calandra, Brendan; Renken, Maggie; Cohen, Jonathan David; Hicks, Timothy; Ketenci, Tuba
Titel	An Examination of a Group of Middle School Students' Engagement during a Series of Afterschool Computing Activities in an Urban School District
Quelle	In: TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 65 (2021) 1, S.17-25 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Calandra, Brendan)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	8756-3894
DOI	10.1007/s11528-020-00557-6
Schlagwörter	Middle School Students; Urban Schools; After School Programs; Computer Science Education; Computer Oriented Programs; Outcomes of Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; After school education; After-school programs; Program; Programs; Programme; Außerschulische Jugendbildung; Programm; Computer science lessons; Informatikunterricht; Computerprogramm; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg
Abstract	In this study, the authors analyzed data from a sample of thirty-two middle school students from an urban school district in the southeastern United States who used MIT's App Inventor to design, create, and remix mobile apps during an afterschool program for one school year. This paper focuses on computer science learning outcomes as measured by an assessment created by the authors. Findings indicated a linear relation between the number of apps a participant created during the given afterschool program and their level of accuracy on the assessment. Findings and discussion should be of interest to both researchers and practitioners. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01