The provision of all-female computer science outreach programmes is a common strategy used to foster greater interest in the subject for high school aged girls. Based on key factors that affect girls’ interest in computer science (CS), outreach programmes often share much in their approach. Nonetheless, there is criticism from a research perspective concerning how programmes evaluate their efficacy, and how the role of pedagogy is under-explored. This article describes the design of CodePlus, a non-formal CS outreach programme based in an Irish University, Trinity College Dublin, and the methods by which the programme is evaluated. This article aims to contribute to this area by reporting on a social constructivist pedagogical model for all-female CS outreach activities, evaluated with a structured research approach. The results from the large sample size ( n =856) are positive, with participants showing statistically significant changes in key attitudinal and intentional variables concerning girls’ interest in studying computer science.

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“CodePlus”——在非正规的全女性 CS 外展计划中测量短期功效

提供全女性计算机科学外展计划是一种常见策略，用于培养高中女生对该学科的更大兴趣。基于影响女孩对计算机科学 (CS) 兴趣的关键因素，外展计划通常在方法上有很多共同之处。尽管如此，从研究的角度来看，关于项目如何评估其功效，以及教学法的作用如何未被充分探索，仍存在批评。本文介绍了 CodePlus 的设计，这是一个位于爱尔兰大学都柏林三一学院的非正规 CS 外展计划，以及评估该计划的方法。本文旨在通过报告针对全女性 CS 外展活动的社会建构主义教学模型，并采用结构化研究方法进行评估，从而为该领域做出贡献。n=856) 是积极的，参与者在与女孩对学习计算机科学的兴趣有关的关键态度和意向变量方面表现出统计学上的显着变化。