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Direct linkMcCauley, Renée; Grissom, Scott; Fitzgerald, Sue; Murphy, Laurie – Computer Science Education, 2015
Hundreds of articles have been published on the topics of teaching and learning recursion, yet fewer than 50 of them have published research results. This article surveys the computing education research literature and presents findings on challenges students encounter in learning recursion, mental models students develop as they learn recursion,…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Programming, Literature Reviews, Best Practices
Hanks, Brian; Fitzgerald, Sue; McCauley, Renee; Murphy, Laurie; Zander, Carol – Computer Science Education, 2011
This article provides a review of educational research literature focused on pair programming in the undergraduate computer science curriculum. Research suggests that the benefits of pair programming include increased success rates in introductory courses, increased retention in the major, higher quality software, higher student confidence in…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Educational Research, Undergraduate Students, Cooperative Learning
McCauley, Renee; Fitzgerald, Sue; Lewandowski, Gary; Murphy, Laurie; Simon, Beth; Thomas, Lynda; Zander, Carol – Computer Science Education, 2008
This paper reviews the literature related to the learning and teaching of debugging computer programs. Debugging is an important skill that continues to be both difficult for novice programmers to learn and challenging for computer science educators to teach. These challenges persist despite a wealth of important research on the subject dating…
Descriptors: Troubleshooting, Computer Science, Programming, Computer Software
