%0 Journal Article %1 Morreale2011 %A Morreale, Patricia %A Joiner, David %C USA %D 2011 %I Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges %J J. Comput. Sci. Coll. %K sms th1 %P 71--77 %T Changing perceptions of computer science and computational thinking among high school teachers %U http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1968521.1968539 %V 26 %X Interest in specific college majors begins in high school. The influence of high school math and science teachers is important, both for high school preparation of future computer science undergraduates, and for the understanding and interest in prospective majors high school teachers can encourage in their students. With the simultaneous decline in high school computer science curriculum offerings and undergraduate majors in computer science, an effort has been made to update the perception of computer science and computational thinking among high school teachers by hosting local non-residential summer workshops for high school teachers and their students.</p> <p>Pre- and post- workshop surveys show that the summer workshops have changed the perceptions high school teachers had regarding careers in computer science, resulting in a 50% increase in the likelihood that a high school teacher would recommend computer science, computational science, or information technology to their students as a career. By changing teacher perceptions of computer science and computational thinking, high school teachers are more likely to include computer science as one of the college majors suggested to their students.

@article{Morreale2011, abstract = {Interest in specific college majors begins in high school. The influence of high school math and science teachers is important, both for high school preparation of future computer science undergraduates, and for the understanding and interest in prospective majors high school teachers can encourage in their students. With the simultaneous decline in high school computer science curriculum offerings and undergraduate majors in computer science, an effort has been made to update the perception of computer science and computational thinking among high school teachers by hosting local non-residential summer workshops for high school teachers and their students.</p> <p>Pre- and post- workshop surveys show that the summer workshops have changed the perceptions high school teachers had regarding careers in computer science, resulting in a 50% increase in the likelihood that a high school teacher would recommend computer science, computational science, or information technology to their students as a career. By changing teacher perceptions of computer science and computational thinking, high school teachers are more likely to include computer science as one of the college majors suggested to their students.}, acmid = {1968539}, added-at = {2011-10-13T12:42:21.000+0200}, address = {USA}, author = {Morreale, Patricia and Joiner, David}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/212a9410525807a36d948b22abf73be86/ajlakanen}, description = {Changing perceptions of computer science and computational thinking among high school teachers}, interhash = {7aac0466c07af4c0aca2f59ab1d430ab}, intrahash = {12a9410525807a36d948b22abf73be86}, issn = {1937-4771}, issue = {6}, issue_date = {June 2011}, journal = {J. Comput. Sci. Coll.}, keywords = {sms th1}, month = {June}, numpages = {7}, pages = {71--77}, publisher = {Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges}, timestamp = {2011-10-13T12:42:21.000+0200}, title = {Changing perceptions of computer science and computational thinking among high school teachers}, url = {http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1968521.1968539}, volume = 26, year = 2011 }