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Some Practices and Activities. Pedagogy and Scholarship. CS Commons. Recent Gender Balance for Grinnell’s CS:. Diversity in Computer Science: A National Priority and Crisis. Encouraging Diversity in Computer Science. Faculty Teaching Fair Grinnell College Monday, May 13, 2013.
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Some Practices and Activities Pedagogy and Scholarship CS Commons Recent Gender Balance for Grinnell’s CS: Diversity in Computer Science: A National Priority and Crisis Encouraging Diversity in Computer Science Faculty Teaching Fair Grinnell College Monday, May 13, 2013 Pedagogy, Scholarship, and Activites to Foster Community • 20+ years experience with workshop-style pedagogy and active learning • Undergraduate mentors • Help as lab assistants • Conduct review sessions • Serve as role models to begining students • Encourage students at all levels • Build confidence • MERIT: Mentored Early Research Experiences in Teams • Group MAPs • Research with social implications • Outward looking perspectives for scholarship • Service learning • Supporting education • Social implications of computer vision • Interdisciplinary connections • Problem solving through diverse problem-solving paradigms • Hot water available 24/7 (serves ≈40 cups/day) • Flyers and announcements • graduate schools • summer programs • internships • job opportunities • Browsing library • CS Study Breaks: Mondays at 9:00 pm • Refreshments before Thursday Extras • Several course mentor sessions each week • Conversation, relaxation, community: any time • Community fosters learning: • More learning with cooperation than competition • Learning encouraged when students feel they contribute and have a stake in the program • Selected activities: • Thursday Extras (weekly seminar series) • Picnics • Open lab (gathering place for homework) • SEPC-organized social events • Grace Hopper Conference Celebration of Women in Computng • Student attendance at regional, national, and international conferences • CS Table (discussions over lunch) Study Break in the CS Commons Gender diversity variable, but percentage of women gradually increasing Current classes suggest Grinnell’s CS majors include about 3 times the percentage of women from national statistics. Overall better than national average, but still a priority From the national 2011-2012 CRA Taulbee Survey of PhD-granting programs in CS in North America