Investigating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on computing students' sense of belonging

C Mooney, BA Becker - ACM Inroads, 2021 - dl.acm.org
'Sense of belonging', or 'belongingness' has been described as “one's personal belief that
one is an accepted member of an academic community whose presence and contributions …

The relationship between sense of belonging and student outcomes in CS1 and beyond

S Krause-Levy, WG Griswold, L Porter… - Proceedings of the 17th …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
Students' sense of belonging has been found to be connected to student retention in higher
education. In computing education, prior studies suggest that a hostile culture and a feeling …

Sense of belonging: The intersectionality of self-identified minority status and gender in undergraduate computer science students

C Mooney, BA Becker - United Kingdom & Ireland Computing Education …, 2020 - dl.acm.org
Creating inclusive learning environments for all students is of primary importance. Student
sense of belonging is an important part of this. However, sense of belonging can show …

'It's a Bit Weird, but it's OK'? How Female Computer Science Students Navigate being a Minority

E Winter, L Thomas, L Blair - Proceedings of the 26th ACM Conference …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
Within Computer Science (CS) education, women have long been underrepresented. In the
UK, women make up less than 20% of CS students at A-Level and undergraduate level. The …

Diversifying computer science: An examination of the potential influences of women‐in‐computing groups

J Wu, DH Uttal - Science Education, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The gender imbalance in computer science (CS) is one of the most challenging issues in
American education. CS is the only science, technology, engineering, and mathematics …

Women's sense of belonging in computer science education: The need for a collective response

K Widdicks, A Ashcroft, E Winter, L Blair - Proceedings of the 2021 …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
The gender imbalance in Computing education continues to be concerning, with women
hugely underrepresented in the field. Prior research on improving gender equality in the …

Scaling and Adapting a Program for Early Undergraduate Research in Computing

C Alvarado, J Hummel, D Mirza, R Revelo… - Proceedings of the 53rd …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
The Early Research Scholars Program (ERSP) was launched in 2014 at UC San Diego as a
way to provide the benefits of research experiences to a large and diverse group of students …

Evaluating a scalable program for undergraduate CS research

C Alvarado, S Villazon, B Tamer - … of the 2019 ACM Conference on …, 2019 - dl.acm.org
Undergraduate research experiences have been shown to have many positive effects on
undergraduates including increased confidence, sense of belonging and retention …

Connections between students' perceptions of the motivational climate in a course and their motivational beliefs and academic and career goals

BD Jones, X Zhu, M Ellis, Z Ambarkutuk… - European Journal of …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
To address the demand for engineers and computer scientists in the workforce, and the fact
that some engineering students dropout or change majors, we explored how the …

Equitable student persistence in computing research through distributed career mentorship

S Davis, A Rorrer, C Grainger… - Proceedings of the 54th …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Google's CS Research Mentorship Program (CSRMP) cultivates pursuit and persistence in
the computing research trajectory for students from historically marginalized groups through …