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journal contribution
posted on 12.05.2016, 00:00 authored by L Dettori, RI Greenberg, S McGee, D ReedAs part of the Taste of Computing project,
the Exploring Computer Science (ECS) instructional model has been expanded to many high schools in the Chicago Public Schools system. We report on initial outcomes showing that students value the ECS course experience, resulting in increased awareness of and interest in the field
of computer science. We compare these results by race
and gender. The data provide a good basis for exploring the impact of meaningful computer science instruction on students from groups underrepresented in computing; of several hundred students surveyed, nearly half were female, and over half were Hispanic or African-American.