@inproceedings{c4d69fcb71d44a3c86462e89b4e80be5,
title = "Leveraging Prior Computing and Music Experience for Situational Interest Formation",
abstract = "Computer science educators often use multiple creative computing platforms to motivate and support students learning computer science. Arguably, we understand little about the complementary ways in which the various platforms build on students' prior experiences. This study compares two CS+music platforms used by middle school students in a summer camp to understand the unique affordances of each platform at activating and building upon prior music and computing experiences. We assess interest formation through pre and post student surveys and via interviews on the final day of the camp. The findings suggest that using different approaches to CS+music platform design may help engage students with different levels of prior music and coding experience.",
keywords = "CS+music, broadening participation, computer science education, informal learning, interest, music, steam, summer camp",
author = "Tom McKlin and Lauren McCall and Taneisha Lee and Brian Magerko and Michael Horn and Jason Freeman",
note = "Funding Information: The EarSketch and TunePad projects receive funding from the National Science Foundation (1837661 and 1612644). EarSketch is available online at https://earsketch.gatech.edu/earsketch2/. TunePad is available at http://tunepad.live. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2021 ACM.; 52nd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, SIGCSE 2021 ; Conference date: 13-03-2021 Through 20-03-2021",
year = "2021",
month = mar,
day = "3",
doi = "10.1145/3408877.3432431",
language = "English (US)",
series = "SIGCSE 2021 - Proceedings of the 52nd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education",
publisher = "Association for Computing Machinery, Inc",
pages = "928--933",
booktitle = "SIGCSE 2021 - Proceedings of the 52nd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education",
}