Inspiring Interest in Computing using Music: A Case Study on Students Lacking Prior Music Education

Douglas Krug; Reuel Kulibaba; Denis Linzmeyer; Chrystalla Mouza; David Shepherd

doi:10.5753/sbie.2023.233821

Inspiring Interest in Computing using Music: A Case Study on Students Lacking Prior Music Education

Douglas Krug, Reuel Kulibaba, Denis Linzmeyer, Chrystalla Mouza, David Shepherd

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Broadening interest in computer science is a major research goal of the 21st century. Many initiatives use traditional “hooks” to attract students, such as video games and robotics. Unfortunately, this tends to attract only those already interested in computer science. One alternative domain gaining momentum in computer science education research is music, which is showing interesting results with participants that have previous music knowledge. This paper presents a case study of teaching computer programming with music, in Brazil, to students with limited formal music experience. Through data collected in surveys, focus groups, and researchers’ observations, we show that in this context students can still learn and thrive as musical programmers.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Anais do XXXIV Simpósio Brasileiro de Informática na Educação
Place of Publication	Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil
Publisher	SBC
Pages	1612-1624
Number of pages	13
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5753/sbie.2023.233821
State	Published - 2023

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