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26-11-2020 | Original Paper

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

Authors: Brendan Calandra, Maggie Renken, Jonathan David Cohen, Timothy Hicks, Tuba Ketenci

Published in: TechTrends | Issue 1/2021

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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.
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Metadata
Title
An Examination of a Group of Middle School Students’ Engagement during a Series of Afterschool Computing Activities in an Urban School District
Authors
Brendan Calandra
Maggie Renken
Jonathan David Cohen
Timothy Hicks
Tuba Ketenci
Publication date
26-11-2020
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
TechTrends / Issue 1/2021
Print ISSN: 8756-3894
Electronic ISSN: 1559-7075
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11528-020-00557-6

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