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Project Website

Project Website. We have a website at http://pltlcs.org It is under development and we welcome suggestions and feedback Note: http://pltl.org is a valuable site but is by another group. Project Website Content. Our activities including content of workshops presented

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  1. Project Website • We have a website at http://pltlcs.org • It is under development and we welcome suggestions and feedback • Note: http://pltl.org is a valuable site but is by another group

  2. Project Website Content • Our activities including content of workshops presented • Materials from this workshop up shortly • A repository of CS PLTL activities • It is searchable • We welcome contributions from others

  3. Website Content - Coming • Wiki/listserve • Links to useful sites • Starting & maintaining a program • Peer leader training • Benefits for peer leaders and participants • (possibly) video of sample sessions

  4. Website Input • Are there suggestions you have? • Would you like to see some content sooner than other content?

  5. Programs At Different Schools • Each school will give a brief overview of its program • This should give an idea of the different efforts and adaptations to local environment

  6. Beloit College • 1250 students: residential, liberal arts • CS dept. has around 10 majors (before program) • Only used PLTL in Intro. to Programming class • Has 15-30 students • Beloit Experience in Computer Science (BECS)

  7. Overview • First year recruiting went well and helped build program • Second year hard and flipped all to PLTL • Seen increases in total enrollment, women, and continuing students

  8. PLTL First Year • Sent letters to 68 students to get 7 in BECS program • Targeted women, minority & TRIO in top 25% of incoming class by HS GPA and Math SAT/ACT • BECS participants 25% of whole class • Students enjoyed but none went on in CS • They were strong advocates for the program • They were the future peer leaders

  9. BECS Program • Met about once per week for two hours • Voluntary but must come if in program • No extra academic credit • Participants wanted enrichment activities and not coursework • Students viewed very favorably

  10. Year Two • For fall sent 79 letters to get two participants in BECS • For groups that wanted more students (TRIO & minority) removed SAT/ACT & reduced GPA • In spring resent letters & recruited from class to only get one participant so dropped BECS for semester

  11. Year Two Continued • In spring, split class in half • One group had 2 hour PLTL session • Other group had 2 hour lab with me & TA • PLTL impact mixed but somewhat encouraging • Plan to continue PLTL this fall with whole class

  12. Other Factors • I redesigned the intro course • Studio format with hands-on laptop use • Alice • Paired programming • Open-ended assignments • Examples aimed at diverse students

  13. Tentative Results • Keep in mind this is for one year (this year) and small numbers of students • We have seen • Increases in enrollment in the intro course • Large increase in the number of students continuing in CS • Large increases in the percent of women • Increases in minorities (but numbers small so hard to gauge yet)

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