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Robbiano, Christopher; Maciejewski, Anthony A.; Chong, Edwin K. P. – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2020
Contribution: This article presents quantitative support that the changes implemented as part of Colorado State University's (CSU's) Revolutionizing Engineering Departments (REDs) grant produce statistically significant positive change through a series of nonparametric analysis techniques. Additionally, the set of nonparametric analysis techniques…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Engineering Education, Computer Science Education, Educational Change
Anne-Marie Armstrong – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2014
In January 2012, I accompanied 5 doctoral computer science students to Nicaragua where they embarked on an action research study to assess and evaluate the usage and conditions for 300 computers that had been donated to a nonprofit, InnerCHANGE WORKS for schools, libraries, health centers, and prisons in Nicaragua. The students worked under the…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Cross Cultural Studies, Doctoral Students, Computer Science Education
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Fischer, Gerhard; Rohde, Markus; Wulf, Volker – International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning, 2007
Traditionally, universities focus primarily on instructionist teaching. Such an understanding has been criticized from theoretical and practical points of view. We believe that "socio-cultural theories of learning" and the concepts of "social capital" and "social creativity" hold considerable promise as a theoretical…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, School Community Relationship, Computer Science, Social Capital
Hennes, James D.; And Others – 1992
In recent years the graduation requirements in mathematics and science have increased in response to state and national goals calling for increased competency by U.S. graduates in those areas. Data on course enrollment in science, mathematics, and computer science in grades 7-12 were collected from 89 percent of the schools in Colorado in October,…
Descriptors: Computer Science, Course Selection (Students), Cultural Differences, Enrollment