Here are my slides from a talk I gave yesterday for my research group:
TITLE:
How to put children off studying computing: learners' attitudes to computer science after school based game making projects
ABSTRACT:
There is a pressing need to interest young people in computer science. A recent popular approach has been to harness learners' enthusiasm for computer games to motivate them to learn computer science concepts through game authoring. This talk will describe a study in which 992 learners across 13 schools took part in a game making project. It will provide evidence from 225 pre-test post-test questionnaires on how learners' attitudes to computing changed during the project, as well as qualitative reflections from the class teachers on how the project affected their learners. Results indicate that girls did not enjoy the experience as much as boys, and that in fact the project may make pupils less inclined to study computing in the future. This has important implications for future efforts to engage young people in computing.
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