# GitHub Education: student-tested, peer-reviewed, and now published by the Association of Computing Machinery

DevFeed: [GitHub Education: student-tested, peer-reviewed, and now published by the Association of Computing Machinery](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/github-education-student-tested-peer-reviewed-and-now-published-by-the-association-of-computing-machinery-69077.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://github.blog/developer-skills/career-growth/github-education-student-tested-peer-reviewed-and-now-published-by-the-association-of-computing-machinery/>)

Author: Vanessa Gennarelli

Published: 2019-03-21T16:00:38Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [GitHub Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/github-engineering.md>)

Topics: [GitHub](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/github.md>), [Rocketseat](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/rocketseat.md>), [Computing](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/computing.md>), [developer-relations](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/developer-relations.md>)

Tags: [career-growth](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/career-growth.md>), [developer-community](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developer-community.md>), [developer-skills](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developer-skills.md>), [developers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developers.md>), [education](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/education.md>), [github](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/github.md>), [github-education](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/github-education.md>)

## AI overview

A peer-reviewed study on GitHub in classrooms links its use to outcomes in collaboration, project management, career preparation, and students' sense of belonging in the developer community. The article also reports that students may need 2-2.5 months to feel comfortable using GitHub.

## Source excerpt

Using GitHub in the classroom leads to learning outcomes like preparation for the future and feeling part of a developer community.