Why Some Students Still Opt Out of CS: Student Perspectives in a Culturally Responsive Program

ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE) 2026 Open access

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Authors: Bridget Agyare, Skyla Jin, Diana Arreola, Colleen M. Lewis
DOI: 10.1145/3770762.3772617
Cited by: 0
References: 31

Abstract

Background: Prior research on a culturally responsive summer computer science (CS) program for high school students found that demographic disparities remained in students' likelihood of pursuing CS.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Teaching and Learning Programming Career Development and Diversity Gender and Technology in Education

Publication details

Journal / source
ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE)
Pages
10–16
Publication date
13 February 2026
Language
EN