ICSE 2024
Fri 12 - Sun 21 April 2024 Lisbon, Portugal
Wed 17 Apr 2024 16:45 - 17:00 at Glicínia Quartin - Human and Social 3 Chair(s): Tamara Lopez

One of the greatest challenges in early programming education is to achieve learning success while also creating initial interest. This is particularly difficult for girls, who continue to be affected by persistent societal stereotypes and negative perceptions, inhibiting their long-term interest in programming. A promising approach to address this challenge and to increase motivation for girls is to use programming as a vehicle to express creativity rather than focusing on technical aspects, for example by teaching basic programming concepts through music composition. While music programming has been confirmed to appeal to young learners in general, the question of whether the gender-specific differences on the perceptions and effects known from other programming approaches persist for music programming. To shed light on this question, we conducted an introductory programming course using the popular music programming environment Sonic Pi with a total of 134 students aged 13 to 16, collecting data on students’ affections and stereotypical beliefs towards programming, their contributions during lessons, as well as basic comprehension. While we find that music programming leads to similar comprehension and contributions between genders, we observe a significant increase of interest and self-efficacy among girls, and a significant deconstruction of stereotypical attributes associated with programmers.

Wed 17 Apr

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16:00 - 17:30
16:00
15m
Talk
GenderMag Improves Discoverability in the Field, Especially for WomenACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper Award
Research Track
Emerson Murphy-Hill Google, Alberto Elizondo Google, Ambar Murillo Google, Marian Harbach Google, Bogdan Vasilescu Carnegie Mellon University, Delphine Carlson Google, Florian Dessloch Google
Link to publication Pre-print
16:15
15m
Talk
Unraveling the Drivers of Sense of Belonging in Software Delivery Teams: Insights from a Large-Scale Survey
Research Track
Bianca Trinkenreich Colorado State University, Marco Gerosa Northern Arizona University, Igor Steinmacher Northern Arizona University
Pre-print
16:30
15m
Talk
An Empirical Study of the Content and Quality of Sprint Retrospectives in Undergraduate Team Software Projects
Software Engineering Education and Training
Chris Hundhausen Oregon State University, USA, Phillip Conrad University of California, Santa Barbara, Ahsun Tariq Oregon State University, Surya Pugal UC Santa Barbara, Brian Zamora Flores UC Santa Barbara
16:45
15m
Talk
Girls Rocking the Code: Gender-dependent Stereotypes, Engagement & Comprehension in Music Programming
Software Engineering Education and Training
Isabella Graßl University of Passau, Gordon Fraser University of Passau
17:00
15m
Talk
Dealing With Cultural Dispersion: a Novel Theoretical Framework for Software Engineering Research and Practice
Software Engineering in Society
Stefano Lambiase University of Salerno, Gemma Catolino University of Salerno, Bice Della Piana University of Salerno, Filomena Ferrucci University of Salerno, Fabio Palomba University of Salerno
Pre-print Media Attached
17:15
7m
Talk
Programming by Example Made Easy
Journal-first Papers
Jiarong Wu , Lili Wei McGill University, Yanyan Jiang Nanjing University, Shing-Chi Cheung Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Luyao Ren Peking University, Chang Xu Nanjing University