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Govender, Irene – Journal of Information Technology Education: Innovations in Practice, 2021
Aim/Purpose: This study seeks to understand the various ways information systems (IS) students experience introductory programming to inform IS educators on effective pedagogical approaches to teaching programming. Background: Many students who choose to major in information systems (IS), enter university with little or no experience of learning…
Descriptors: Programming, Information Science Education, Diaries, Student Attitudes
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Corritore, Cynthia; Love, Betty – Journal of Information Technology Education: Innovations in Practice, 2020
Aim/Purpose: This study reports the outcome of how a first pilot semester introductory programming course was designed to provide tangible evidence in support of the concept of Student Ownership of Learning (SOL) and how the outcomes of this programming course facilitate effective student learning. Background: Many instructors want to create or…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Programming, Computer Science Education, Management Information Systems
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Ali, Azad; Smith, David – Journal of Information Technology Education: Innovations in Practice, 2014
A department of computer science (CS) has faced a peculiar situation regarding their selection of introductory programming course. This course is a required course for the students enrolled in the CS program and is a prerequisite to their other advanced programming courses. At the same time, the course can be considered a general education course…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Programming, Computer Science Education, General Education
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Panovics, Janos – Journal of Information Technology Education: Innovations in Practice, 2012
The theory and practice of search algorithms related to state-space represented problems form the major part of the introductory course of Artificial Intelligence at most of the universities and colleges offering a degree in the area of computer science. Students usually meet these algorithms only in some imperative or object-oriented language…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Programming, Artificial Intelligence, Programming Languages
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Sharp, Jason H.; Sharp, Laurie A. – Journal of Information Technology Education: Innovations in Practice, 2017
Aim/Purpose: Compared student academic performance on specific course requirements in a C# programming course across three instructional approaches: traditional, online, and flipped. Background: Addressed the following research question--When compared to the online and traditional instructional approaches, does the flipped instructional approach…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Academic Achievement, Conventional Instruction, Web Based Instruction
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Du, Jie; Wimmer, Hayden; Rada, Roy – Journal of Information Technology Education: Innovations in Practice, 2016
The Hour of Code is a one-hour introduction to computer science organized by Code.org, a non-profit dedicated to expanding participation in computer science. This study investigated the impact of the Hour of Code on students' attitudes towards computer programming and their knowledge of programming. A sample of undergraduate students from two…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Computer Science Education, Programming, Introductory Courses