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Using LEGO® Brick Data to Teach SQL and Relational Database Concepts
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James R. Wolf – Information Systems Education Journal, 2025
This paper introduces the LEGO® Database, a large natural dataset that can be used to teach Structured Query Language (SQL) and relational database concepts. This dataset is well-suited for introductory and advanced database assignments and end-of-semester group projects. The data is freely available from Kaggle.com and contains eight tables with…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Databases, Data Analysis, Web Sites
Rethinking Computing Students' Help Resource Utilization through Sequentiality
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Shao-Heng Ko; Kristin Stephens-Martinez – ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 2025
Background: Academic help-seeking benefits students' achievement, but existing literature either studies important factors in students' selection of all help resources via self-reported surveys or studies their help-seeking behavior in one or two separate help resources via actual help-seeking records. Little is known about whether computing…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, College Students, Help Seeking, Student Behavior
Using Jupyter Tools to Design an Interactive Textbook to Guide Undergraduate Research in Materials Informatics
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Enze Chen; Mark Asta – Journal of Chemical Education, 2022
With the growing desire to incorporate data science and informatics into STEM curricula, there is an opportunity to integrate research-based software and tools (e.g., Python) within existing pedagogical methods to craft new, accessible learning experiences. We show how the open-source Jupyter Book software can achieve this goal by creating a…
Descriptors: Programming, Open Source Technology, STEM Education, Textbooks
Teaching Reproducibility to First Year College Students: Reflections from an Introductory Data Science Course
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Brennan Bean – Journal on Empowering Teaching Excellence, 2023
Modern technology threatens traditional modes of classroom assessment by providing students with automated ways to write essays and take exams. At the same time, modern technology continues to expand the accessibility of computational tools that promise to increase the potential scope and quality of class projects. This paper presents a case study…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Data Science, Student Projects, Programming
Using Computational Essays to Foster Disciplinary Epistemic Agency in Undergraduate Science
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Odden, Tor Ole B.; Silvia, Devin W.; Malthe-Sørenssen, Anders – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2023
This article reports on a study investigating how computational essays can be used to help students in higher education STEM take up disciplinary epistemic agency--cognitive control and responsibility over one's own learning within the scientific disciplines. Computational essays are a genre of scientific writing that combine live, executable…
Descriptors: Computation, Essays, Undergraduate Students, STEM Education
Interactive Computing for Accelerated Learning in Computation and Data Science
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Alderson, David L. – INFORMS Transactions on Education, 2022
This article describes the motivation and design for introductory coursework in computation aimed at midcareer professionals who desire to work in data science and analytics but who have little or no background in programming. In particular, we describe how we use modern interactive computing platforms to accelerate the learning of our students…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Introductory Courses, Computation, Data Science
Fostering the Development of Earth Data Science Skills in a Diverse Community of Online Learners: A Case Study of the Earth Data Science Corps
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Nathan A. Quarderer; Leah Wasser; Anne U. Gold; Patricia Montaño; Lauren Herwehe; Katherine Halama; Emily Biggane; Jessica Logan; David Parr; Sylvia Brady; James Sanovia; Charles Jason Tinant; Elisha Yellow Thunder; Justina White Eyes; LaShell Poor Bear/Bagola; Madison Phelps; Trey Orion Phelps; Brett Alberts; Michela Johnson; Nathan Korinek; William Travis; Naomi Jacquez; Kaiea Rohlehr; Emily Ward; Elsa Culler; R. Chelsea Nagy; Jennifer Balch – Journal of Statistics and Data Science Education, 2025
Today's data-driven world requires earth and environmental scientists to have skills at the intersection of domain and data science. These skills are imperative to harness information contained in a growing volume of complex data to solve the world's most pressing environmental challenges. Despite the importance of these skills, Earth and…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Earth Science, Environmental Education, Science Education