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Veerasamy, Ashok Kumar; D'Souza, Daryl; Laakso, Mikko-Jussi – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 2016
This article presents a study aimed at examining the novice student answers in an introductory programming final e-exam to identify misconceptions and types of errors. Our study used the Delphi concept inventory to identify student misconceptions and skill, rule, and knowledge-based errors approach to identify the types of errors made by novices…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Programming, Novices, Misconceptions
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Clavert, Maria; Björklund, Tua; Nevgi, Anne – Teaching in Higher Education, 2014
In universities, development as a teacher may be contradicted with developing as a researcher. Most previous studies have investigated pedagogical development merely as a result of pedagogical training and ignored the dual teacher-researcher identity. This study examines what kind of meaningful experiences are perceived to have triggered and…
Descriptors: Career Development, Science Teachers, Teaching (Occupation), Interviews
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Soini, Hannu; Flynn, Mark – Interchange: A Quarterly Review of Education, 2005
In this paper, we analyzed the descriptions of learning provided by 234 College of Education students from Finland and Canada and compared them with Whitehead's (1932/1962) epistemological theory of the rhythm of mental growth. The students were asked to "Give a concrete example of a situation in which you really learned something." The…
Descriptors: Aesthetics, Learning Processes, College Students, Critical Incidents Method