TY - GEN
T1 - Computer Science Instruction and Academic Outcomes in Other Subjects
AU - Crasto, Ethan
AU - Mirakhur, Zitsi
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Owner/Author.
PY - 2021/3/3
Y1 - 2021/3/3
N2 - Participation in computer science (CS) education is growing across the K-12 spectrum. This enthusiasm for CS is driven, in part, by the belief that through CS instruction, students will learn computational thinking (CT) skills, which can also be applied to domains outside CS. We add to this literature by examining whether or not there is a relationship between receiving CS instruction and students' academic performance in non-CS subject areas. Using a fixed-effects regression methodology with course-taking records from New York City, we examine the association between CS instruction and course grades for high school students. We find small positive associations between CS instruction and end-of-year grades in English, Math, Science, and Social Studies.
AB - Participation in computer science (CS) education is growing across the K-12 spectrum. This enthusiasm for CS is driven, in part, by the belief that through CS instruction, students will learn computational thinking (CT) skills, which can also be applied to domains outside CS. We add to this literature by examining whether or not there is a relationship between receiving CS instruction and students' academic performance in non-CS subject areas. Using a fixed-effects regression methodology with course-taking records from New York City, we examine the association between CS instruction and course grades for high school students. We find small positive associations between CS instruction and end-of-year grades in English, Math, Science, and Social Studies.
KW - computational thinking
KW - computing education
KW - k-12 course enrollment
KW - student success
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U2 - 10.1145/3408877.3439578
DO - 10.1145/3408877.3439578
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85103337781
T3 - SIGCSE 2021 - Proceedings of the 52nd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education
SP - 1333
BT - SIGCSE 2021 - Proceedings of the 52nd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education
PB - Association for Computing Machinery, Inc
T2 - 52nd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, SIGCSE 2021
Y2 - 13 March 2021 through 20 March 2021
ER -