Title

The theory of planned behavior and high school students’ interest in computer science

Authors

Hadeel Mohammed Jawad*, Eastern Michigan University
Munther Abualkibash, Eastern Michigan University
Samir Tout, Eastern Michigan University
Yichun Xie, Eastern Michigan University

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publication Date

2018

Department/School

Information Security and Applied Computing

Publication Title

IEEE international conference on electro information technology

Abstract

In this paper, the three variables suggested by the theory of planned behavior were examined to find if they can be used as predictors for the high school students' interest in a Computer Science (CS) degree. A survey questionnaire was developed and tested for its validity, and then it was used to collect data from 65 high school students to find if there is any relationship between the students' interests in a CS degree and the three suggested variables. Students' gender was the moderating variable in the data analysis. The results show that two variables can be used as predictors for female students' interest, and only one predictor for male students' interest.

Link to Published Version

10.1109/EIT.2018.8500245

Recommended Citation

Jawad, H. M., Tout, S., Abualkibash, M., & Xie, Y. (2018). The theory of planned behavior and high school students’ interest in computer science. 2018 IEEE international conference on electro/information technology (EIT) . https://doi.org/10.1109/EIT.2018.8500245