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Mauco, María Virginia; Ferrante, Enzo; Felice, Laura – Information Systems Education Journal, 2014
Basic courses on logic are common in most computer science curricula. Students often have difficulties in handling formalisms and getting familiar with them. Educational software helps to motivate and improve the teaching-learning processes. Therefore, incorporating these kinds of tools becomes important, because they contribute to gaining…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education, Logical Thinking, Introductory Courses
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Shannon, Li-Jen; Bennett, Judith – Information Systems Education Journal, 2012
A majority of incoming college freshmen and sophomores have not applied their critical thinking skills as part of their learning process. This paper investigates how students acquire their critical thinking skills while facing the copyright, fair use, and internet security challenges in this contemporary digital society. The findings show that 90…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills, Case Studies, Computer Science Education
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Hoskey, Arthur; Maurino, Paula San Millan – Information Systems Education Journal, 2011
Numerous studies document high drop-out and failure rates for students in computer programming classes. Studies show that even when some students pass programming classes, they still do not know how to program. Many factors have been considered to explain this problem including gender, age, prior programming experience, major, math background,…
Descriptors: College Students, Computer Science Education, Programming, Programming Languages