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Peter Tianyi Hu – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Quantum mechanics is notoriously challenging, and research has found that students struggle with many common difficulties when learning it. It is also proving to be a critical piece of many exciting fields that are all but assured to see great development and expansion in the coming years; the Second Quantum Revolution is upon us. Quantum…
Descriptors: Quantum Mechanics, Concept Formation, Information Science, Engineering
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Thom Kunkeler; Aletta Nylen – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2024
Contribution: This article applies science capital research to computing education in order to understand why students engage with a programme involving computing, and what they aspire to get out of their education. Background: Capital is a concept which has been used in educational research to study inequality, aspiration and achievement.…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Biology, Information Science, Learner Engagement
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Julia Tomanova; Martin Vozar; Dasa Munkova – International Journal of Education in Mathematics, Science and Technology, 2024
The study focuses on the identification of relationships and/or rules between computational thinking (CT) concepts among the undergraduate students of Applied Informatics due to their attitudes towards mathematics. We analyze three CT concepts -- decomposition, pattern recognition, and algorithmic thinking. We assume that students who have a…
Descriptors: Computation, Thinking Skills, Student Attitudes, Undergraduate Students
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Jacqui Taylor; Monica Whitty – Psychology Learning and Teaching, 2024
We propose that psychology graduates are uniquely placed to work in the cybersecurity industry due to their understanding of human behavior and the possession of skills needed to address cybersecurity issues. However, there are challenges in attracting psychology graduates to the cybersecurity industry as they may not be fully aware of how skills…
Descriptors: Psychology, Majors (Students), Student Attitudes, Literacy
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Paula M. Castro; Óscar Fresnedo; Adriana Dapena; Javier Pereira; Francisco J. Vázquez-Araujo – Journal of Service-Learning in Higher Education, 2024
Service-Learning (SL) is a powerful methodology to acquire competences and values in Higher Education. However, there is still no widespread use in Information and Computer Science (ICS) degrees where most of the subjects are focused on the development of theoretical and practical contents purely related to technical competences. In this paper, we…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Undergraduate Students, Bachelors Degrees, Theses
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Valentina Dagiene; Gintautas Grigas; Tatjana Jevsikova – Informatics in Education, 2024
The work of Niklaus Wirth, designer of the Pascal programming language, has led to the introduction of programming in schools in many countries often leading to a transformation in the way of thinking. In this article, we provide a retrospective analysis of the Lithuanian experience driven by Pascal and discuss the main ideas about teaching…
Descriptors: Programming Languages, Computer Science Education, Foreign Countries, Programming