Polina Charters|Michael J. Lee|Amy J. Ko|Dastyni Loksa
Challenging stereotypes and changing attitudes
University of Washington|University of Washington|University of Washington|University of Washington
computer programming used broadly across many industries diversity working adults writing programs interacting code part jobs however negative attitudes toward programming continue deter many studying computer science pursuing careers technology begin understanding adults attitudes toward computer programming improve used educational video game give 200 adult participants concrete programming experience via web collected selfreported opinions programming found adults initially poor attitudes toward programming believing difficult boring something generally could learn online learning experience attitudes improved significantly regardless gender population density level education results demonstrate adult attitudes toward programming initially negative quickly changed brief positive exposure programming