Voice recognition for high noise industrial plant procedure automation applications of body wearable computers

Issued as final reportThis item was temporarily removed from SMARTech at the request of the Georgia Tech Research Institute on May 8, 2009

Promoting Intentions to Persist in Computing: An Examination of Six Years of the EarSketch Program

This is a postprint (accepted manuscript) of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Computer Science Education on January 2020, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/08993408.2020.1714313Background and Context: EarSketch was developed as a program to foster persistence in computer science with diverse student populations. Objective: To test the effectiveness of EarSketch in promoting intentions to persist, particularly among female students and under-represented minority students. Method: Meta-analyses, structural equation modeling, multi-level modeling, and qualitative analyses were performed to examine how participation in EarSketch and other factors affect students’ intentions to persist in computing. Findings: Students significantly increased their intentions to persist in computing, g=.40[.25,54], but examination within just the five quasi-experimental studies did not result in a significant difference for students in EarSketch compared to students not in EarSketch, g=.08[-.07, .23]. Student attitudes towards computing and the perceived authenticity of the EarSketch environment significantly predicted intentions to persist in computing. Implications: Participation in computer science education can increase students’ intentions to persist in programming, and EarSketch is one such program that can aid in these intentions.National Science Foundation (U.S.