Using A Summer Camp To Promote Computer Science

Chlotia P. Garrison, Winthrop University

ABSTRACT
The number of undergraduate students studying computer science is not keeping pace with demand. Studies have shown that middle school is a key age in which students develop an interest in the sciences. This article presents the results of a pre and post camp survey of students to determine the impact of a summer computer camp on students' attitudes about computer science. The results show that the camp had a positive impact and camp participants may have had a predisposition to computers.

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