Pair programming improves student retention, confidence, and program quality
Communications of the ACM - Music information retrieval
Women and Information Technology: Research on Underrepresentation
Women and Information Technology: Research on Underrepresentation
Proceedings of the 39th SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
Pair programming in CS1: overcoming objections to its adoption
ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
College student views of computer science: opinion survey
Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges
Proceedings of the 42nd ACM technical symposium on Computer science education
ITiCSE 2010 working group report motivating our top students
Proceedings of the 2010 ITiCSE working group reports
Computing at the high school level: Changing what teachers and students know and believe
Computers & Education
Deciding to major in computer science: a grounded theory of students' self-assessment of ability
Proceedings of the seventh international workshop on Computing education research
Integrating students' prior knowledge into pedagogy
Proceedings of the seventh international workshop on Computing education research
ACM Transactions on Computing Education (TOCE)
Learning to Program with Personal Robots: Influences on Student Motivation
ACM Transactions on Computing Education (TOCE)
Initiatives to support systemic change for women in undergraduate computing
Proceedings of the 43rd ACM technical symposium on Computer Science Education
Exploring formal learning groups and their impact on recruitment of women in undergraduate CS
Proceedings of the 43rd ACM technical symposium on Computer Science Education
Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges
Turning the tables: learning from students about teaching CS1
Proceedings of the 13th annual conference on Information technology education
A framework for enhancing the social good in computing education: a values approach
Proceedings of the final reports on Innovation and technology in computer science education 2012 working groups
Proceeding of the 44th ACM technical symposium on Computer science education
Proceeding of the 44th ACM technical symposium on Computer science education
A student perspective on prior experience in CS1
Proceeding of the 44th ACM technical symposium on Computer science education
How students estimate the effects of ICT and programming courses
Proceeding of the 44th ACM technical symposium on Computer science education
Is self-efficacy in programming decreasing with the level of programming skills?
Proceedings of the 7th Workshop in Primary and Secondary Computing Education
Attrition from Australian ICT degrees: why women leave
ACE '12 Proceedings of the Fourteenth Australasian Computing Education Conference - Volume 123
Proceedings of the 13th Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research
Recruit and retain women in undergraduate computing: success stories using research-based practices
Proceedings of the 45th ACM technical symposium on Computer science education
Framing classroom climate for student learning and retention in computer science
Proceedings of the 45th ACM technical symposium on Computer science education
Computing and the affective domain: learning to love (and persist) in computer science
Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges
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This paper describes an exploratory study to identify which environmental and student factors best predict intention to persist in the computer science major. The findings can be used to make decisions about initiatives for increasing retention. Eight indices of student characteristics and perceptions were developed using the research-based Student Experience of the Major Survey: student-student interaction; student-faculty interaction; collaborative learning opportunities; pace/workload/prior experience with programming; teaching assistants; classroom climate/pedagogy; meaningful assignments; and racism/sexism. A linear regression revealed that student-student interaction was the most powerful predictor of students' intention to persist in the major beyond the introductory course. Other factors predicting intention to persist were pace/workload/prior experience and male gender. The findings suggest that computer science departments interested in increasing retention of students set structured expectations for student-student interaction in ways that integrate peer involvement as a mainstream activity rather than making it optional or extracurricular. They also suggest departments find ways to manage programming experience gaps in CS1.