Program a Hit -- Using Music as Motivator for Introducing Programming Concepts

C. Köppe

doi:10.1145/3341525.3387377

Program a Hit -- Using Music as Motivator for Introducing Programming Concepts

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People with no prior experience or a low self-efficacy in computing are less likely to choose Computer Science (CS) as a study subject. This especially has an impact on young women and is therefore one of the reasons for the prevalent gender imbalance in CS student populations. We designed a workshop that addresses this issue and uses music as motivating context. It introduces a variety of essential programming concepts in a fun and engaging way and results in creative artifacts programmed by the participants. First experiences show that this approach leads to promising results and might therefore contribute in the longer term to a more diverse CS student population.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	ITiCSE '20: Proceedings of the 2020 ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Pages	266-272
Number of pages	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3341525.3387377
Publication status	Published - Jun 2020
Event	2020 ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education - Online Duration: 17 Jun 2020 → 18 Jun 2020 http://iticse.acm.org/

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Conference	2020 ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education
Abbreviated title	ITiCSE '20
Period	17/06/20 → 18/06/20
Internet address	http://iticse.acm.org/

Keywords

introductory programming
music
gender diversity

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Köppe, C 2020, Program a Hit -- Using Music as Motivator for Introducing Programming Concepts. in ITiCSE '20: Proceedings of the 2020 ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education. Association for Computing Machinery, pp. 266-272, 2020 ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, 17/06/20. https://doi.org/10.1145/3341525.3387377

Program a Hit -- Using Music as Motivator for Introducing Programming Concepts. / Köppe, C.
ITiCSE '20: Proceedings of the 2020 ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education. Association for Computing Machinery, 2020. p. 266-272.

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