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![“[CS1is]like takingaforeign language class,
but the majority ofstudents are already native speakers …
you'd thinkthat'd help you,
but teachers adjust to the native speakers,
so people who are new to the idea
get left behind in the dust.”
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Fitting in CS when the stereotypes don't fit with Colleen Lewis
This document discusses strategies for making computer science more inclusive and addressing stereotypes. It summarizes views from several experts and provides recommendations such as splitting introductory courses based on experience to better serve beginners, recognizing that learning takes time and effort, learning about and addressing unconscious bias, building community among students, and making computer science a required subject. The overall message is that small changes can help broaden participation and make the field more welcoming to those from different backgrounds.
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- 1. Fitting in CSwhen the stereotypes don’t fit @CSTeachingTips Colleen Lewis AssistantProfessor DepartmentofComputerScience HarveyMuddCollege November 8,2017
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- 4. Colleen, you won’t like sittingalone in a basement coding until 3 in the morning That’s true. 4
- 6. “have to beable to make it their lifestyle; can't just do it as a side thing, have to be thinking about it all the time.” (Lewis, Anderson, & Yasuhara, 2016)
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- 14. Microaggressions You’re a computer scientist?! Ofcourse you got the job, you’re a woman. Women are better at…
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- 18. I’ve heard you havea lot of women in CS at Mudd. We don’t. We must be doing something wrong. Probably… Yep.
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- 24. “[CS1is]like takingaforeign languageclass, but the majority ofstudents are already native speakers … you'd thinkthat'd help you, but teachers adjust to the native speakers, so people who are new to the idea get left behind in the dust.” (Lewis, Yasuhara, & Anderson, 2011)
- 25. Split the IntroCourse by Previous Experience CS 5 - Gold CS 60 AP CS CS 70 CS 42 CS 5 - BlackHS CS
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- 27. “Evenmy professor toldus that some people are just born that way, with thatmentaloutlook that is compatible withCS… They feelit’s so easy for them... Yeah,and he told the rest ofthe people that some of you will try, but some of you won’t get it, and it’s just that your mentaloutlook isn’t made thatway. It’s something you’re born with. You can’t help it.” (Lewis, Yasuhara, & Anderson, 2011)
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