Pairing High School Teachers with Historically Black College &University (HBCU) Computer Science Students to Teach Advanced Placement Computer Science Principles

Abstract

Reports have shown the lack of African Americans who take and pass the Advanced Placement (AP) Computer Science (CS) course. Many times, African American students are enrolled in schools that do not offer computer science courses like AP Computer Science. Interventions are needed nationally to provide African American students with equal opportunity to learn computer science. The goal of this research paper is design a study that will evaluate the effectiveness of a program to train high school teachers to teach Advance Placement Computer Science Principals using HBCU students majoring in computer science. Additionally, this program will be evaluated by its effectiveness to train teachers, its effect on the HBCU students who instruct the teachers and it feasibility to be scaled to HBCUs around the nation.