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Abstract | ||
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Broadening Participation in Computing (BPC) is a national effort led by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to increase post-secondary enrollment of underrepresented groups in the computing disciplines. Under BPC funding from the NSF, a multi-tiered mentoring model (M3) was created to foster excellence in grades 5-20 computer science education in the Birmingham area. The goal of the BPC-M3 program is to provide sequential tiers of mentoring, by which the learner in one tier becomes the mentor teacher to the next tier down. This model focuses on providing a more effective pathway for students from underrepresented backgrounds to pursue careers in computing. In this poster abstract, we describe in detail how the multi-tiered model is being implemented and summarize some of the benefits and challenges related to the M3 model. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
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2012 | 10.1145/2184512.2184610 | ACM Southeast Regional Conference 2005 |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
underrepresented background,broadening participation,multi-tiered model,multi-tiered approach,bpc funding,sequential tier,multi-tiered mentoring model,bpc-m3 program,m3 model,computing discipline,underrepresented group,next tier,computer science education | Workforce,Engineering management,Simulation,Computer science,Theoretical computer science,Excellence | Conference |
Citations | PageRank | References |
1 | 0.45 | 0 |
Authors | ||
6 | ||
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dalorion Johnson | 1 | 1 | 0.45 |
| J. Michael Wyss | 2 | 1 | 0.45 |
| Jeff Gray | 3 | 973 | 116.57 |
| Shaundra Daily | 4 | 1 | 0.45 |
| Alan Shih | 5 | 13 | 2.09 |
| Gypsy Abbot | 6 | 1 | 0.45 |