High-School Computer Science -- Its Effect on the Choice of Higher Education

Autor/inn/en	Armoni, Michal; Gal-Ezer, Judith
Titel	High-School Computer Science -- Its Effect on the Choice of Higher Education
Quelle	In: Informatics in Education, 22 (2023) 2, S.183-206 (26 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1648-5831
Schlagwörter	High School Students; Computer Science Education; Correlation; Higher Education; Student Attitudes; Decision Making; College Freshmen; Majors (Students); Student Characteristics; Likert Scales; Prior Learning; Educational Experience + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Computer science lessons; Informatikunterricht; Korrelation; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Schülerverhalten; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Studienanfänger; Likert-Skala; Vorkenntnisse; Bildungserfahrung
Abstract	In a previous publication we examined the connections between high-school computer science (CS) and computing higher education. The results were promising -- students who were exposed to computing in high school were more likely to take one of the computing disciplines. However, these correlations were not necessarily causal. Possibly those students who took CS courses, and especially high-level CS courses in high school, were already a priori inclined to pursue computing education. This uncertainty led us to pursue the current research. We aimed at finding those factors that induced students to choose CS at high school and later at higher-education institutes. We present quantitative findings obtained from analyzing freshmen computing students' responses to a designated questionnaire. The findings show that not only did high-school CS studies have a major impact on students' choice whether to study computing in higher education -- it may have also improved their view of the discipline. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01