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Durndell, A. – Research in Science and Technological Education, 1990
Discussed are the results of a questionnaire which concerned students' course choices and why students chose not to study computing. The lack of human orientation, mathematical ability, and lack of computer contact in secondary schools are identified. (KR)
Descriptors: Career Guidance, Career Planning, Computer Literacy, Computer Science
Sleeman, D.; Gong, Brian – 1985
In order to determine the knowledge and skills needed by novice programmers to successfully learn computer programming, four studies were conducted using a clinical interview technique. The first study determined that many systematic errors in programming were due to programmers' high-level misconceptions of the nature of the computer and of the…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Computer Software, Computers, Error Patterns
Monahan, Brian D. – Educational Technology, 1986
This study investigated whether computer science educational background makes secondary students more adept at using word processing capabilities, and compared computer science and non-computer science students' writing improvement with word processing use. Computer science students used more sophisticated program features but student writing did…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Science Education, Prior Learning, Questionnaires
Magliaro, Susan; Burton, John K. – 1986
To investigate what children learn during computer programming instruction, students attending a summer computer camp were asked to recall either single lines or chunks of computer programs from either coherent or scrambled programs. The 16 subjects, ages 12 to 17, were divided into three instructional groups: (1) beginners, who were taught to…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Analysis of Variance, Cognitive Ability, Computer Science Education
Kurland, D. Midian, Ed. – 1984
The five papers in this symposium contribute to a dialog on the aims and methods of computer education, and indicate directions future research must take if necessary information is to be available to make informed decisions about the use of computers in schools. The first two papers address the question of what is required for a student to become…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Computer Science Education, Computer Software
Pea, Roy D.; And Others – Focus on Learning Problems in Mathematics, 1987
An overall schema of interpretation for programming instructors is given, so that the misconceptions students develop in programming can be determined more readily. Types of language-independent and -dependent bugs, how they can be identified, and how to help students overcome them are addressed. (MNS)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Science Education, Error Patterns
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Barak, M. – Research in Science and Technological Education, 1990
Described is the design and evaluation of a learning unit which includes the basics of computerized feedback control. Included are sample topics, descriptions of the achievement measures, and conclusions of the study. (CW)
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Computer Uses in Education, Foreign Countries, Science and Society
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Kwan, Stephen K.; And Others – Education and Computing, 1985
Reports results of a study which examined students' assessment of societal influences on their participation in computing. Gender differences in attitudes toward three factors are discussed: computing as male dominated, influence of significant others, and negative attitudes associated with computing and career aspirations. Students, especially…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Computer Science Education, Equal Education, Females
Moore, J. L.; Sleeman, D. – 1988
This paper discusses the overall design of the PIXIE Intelligent Tutoring System, and more specifically a series of recent enhancements. The original system has been implemented to involve three separate phases: the offline, or model generation phase; the online, or tutoring, phase; and the analysis phase. The offline phase, which is completed…
Descriptors: Algebra, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Science, Computer Uses in Education
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Szymczuk, Michael; Frerichs, Dean – AEDS Journal, 1985
Describes an investigation which assessed predictive value of Iowa Test of Educational Development, Science Research Associates Inc.'s Computer Programming Aptitude Battery, and Wolfe Programming Aptitude Test for predicting secondary school students' success in computer science courses, to develop a prediction model, and to estimate mastery…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Computer Science, Correlation, Educational Research
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Winer, Jane L.; Bellando, Jayne – Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 1989
This study reports that artistic and social vocational-personality characteristics are associated with greater anxiety and less involvement or success in mathematics and computer courses. A concept of population variability in computer anxiety which is associated with individual differences in vocational personality is supported. (MVL)
Descriptors: Anxiety, Computer Science Education, Computers, Mathematics
Martinak, R.; And Others – 1987
Six studies discussed in this paper compared error-specific or model-based remediation (MBR) with reteaching in algebra. MBR points out, and highlights as incorrect, errors specific to the student's solution before reteaching the correct procedures. Reteaching shows the student the correct procedure without addressing specific errors. Three of…
Descriptors: Algebra, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Science, Computer Uses in Education
Sleeman, D.; And Others – 1988
This paper provides an overview of the four major aspects of the PIXIE Intelligent Tutoring System: the field work undertaken to determine how teachers diagnose and remediate in introductory algebra; the set of experiments run to determine the relative effectiveness of Model-Based-Remediation (MBR) and Reteaching; systems work carried out to…
Descriptors: Algebra, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Science, Computer Uses in Education
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Glissov, Peter; And Others – Educational Studies, 1994
Reports on a study comparing social characteristics of 13 British male secondary-school students with high levels of interest in and use of computers with those of 14 students who lacked interest in computers. Finds that computer-using students were not less sociable than their peers. (CFR)
Descriptors: Computer Games, Computer Literacy, Computer Science Education, Computer Uses in Education
Suydam, Marilyn N., Ed.; Kasten, Margaret L., Ed. – Investigations in Mathematics Education, 1988
This publication is a compilation of abstracts and critical comments for 12 published investigations in mathematics education. Information for each study includes: purpose; rationale; research design and procedures; findings; and interpretations. For each study also, abstractor's comments provide a brief critique. The 12 studies are: (1)…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Science, Computer Uses in Education
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