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Contrasting Cognitive Theories of Learning Transfer to Advance Cybersecurity Instruction, Assessment, and Testing
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Daniel T. Hickey; Ronald J. Kantor – Journal of Cybersecurity Education, Research and Practice, 2024
The cybersecurity threat landscape evolves quickly, continually, and consequentially. This means that the "transfer" of cybersecurity learning is crucial. We compared how different recognized "cognitive" transfer theories might help explain and synergize three aspects of cybersecurity education. These include "teaching and…
Descriptors: Transfer of Training, Computer Science Education, Computer Security, Metacognition
Interactions between Self-Regulated Learning and Assessment for Learning in an Undergraduate Introductory Computer Science Course
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Chen, Peggy P. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2023
Many introductory computer science (CS) courses are intended to address the increased demand for computer literacy and the development of cross-cutting concepts and practices of computational thinking (CT). Colleges and universities offer introductory CS courses every semester toward this end. The issue is centered on how to support CT learning in…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Computer Science Education, Computer Literacy, Thinking Skills
Asking Research Questions: Theoretical Presuppositions
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Tenenberg, Josh – ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 2014
Asking significant research questions is a crucial aspect of building a research foundation in computer science (CS) education. In this article, I argue that the questions that we ask are shaped by internalized theoretical presuppositions about how the social and behavioral worlds operate. And although such presuppositions are essential in making…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Questioning Techniques, Computer Science Education, Research Projects
Using Feedback to Enhance Collaborative Learning: An Exploratory Study Concerning the Added Value of Self- and Peer-Assessment by First-Year Students in a Blended Learning Lecture
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Griesbaum, Joachim; Gortz, Matthias – International Journal on E-Learning, 2010
This article discusses feedback methods for the enhancement of collaborative learning. It presents results of an exploratory study in which self- and peer-assessments were applied in order to provide students with feedback regarding their perceived individual learning involvement in the collaboration process of face-to-face and face-file-face…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Feedback (Response), Assignments, Group Dynamics
The Intelligence Amplifier: An Essay on the Design of Computer-Based Curricula.
Moshell, Michael – Computing Teacher, 1982
Describes insights and attitudes toward computer-based learning which developed during design of "Computer Power," an introductory programming curriculum for junior high, high school, and junior college students. Learning and thinking, computer power meta-goals, and computer power subject matter goals are highlighted. (EJS)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Programs, Computer Science Education, Curriculum
Give Programming Instruction a Chance.
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Thomas, Rex A.; Upah, Sylvester C., Jr. – Journal of Research on Computing in Education, 1996
A study of college students revealed weaknesses in learning strategies and metacognitive skills. The students' experience using LOOPS simulation software to create program loops suggests that computer programming coursework may have substantial value for non-majors. (LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Science Education, Computer Simulation, Educational Benefits
Reactions of Students to Reflective Learning in a Technical Report-Writing Course.
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Ho, Belinda – English for Specific Purposes, 1997
Examines how two groups of computer students reacted to tasks involving different degrees of reflectivity. Results indicate that students found almost all tasks, including the reflective ones, helpful and relevant although the intervention group studied disliked the reflective tasks, especially those at the metacognitive level. (15 references)…
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, Computer Science Education, Critical Thinking