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Direct linkNikula, Uolevi; Gotel, Orlena; Kasurinen, Jussi – ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 2011
It has been estimated that more than two million students started computing studies in 1999 and 650,000 of them either dropped or failed their first programming course. For the individual student, dropping such a course can distract from the completion of later courses in a computing curriculum and may even result in changing their course of study…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Programming, Holistic Approach, College Curriculum
Nikula, Uolevi; Sajaniemi, Jorma; Tedre, Matti; Wray, Stuart – Journal of Information Technology Education, 2007
Students often find that learning to program is hard. Introductory programming courses have high drop-out rates and students do not learn to program well. This paper presents experiences from three educational institutions where introductory programming courses were improved by adopting Python as the first programming language and roles of…
Descriptors: Programming Languages, Programming, Abstract Reasoning, Introductory Courses
