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Baker, Catherine M. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Teaching people with disabilities tech skills empowers them to create solutions to problems they encounter and prepares them for careers. However, computer science is typically taught in a highly visual manner which can present barriers for people who are blind. The goal of this dissertation is to understand and decrease those barriers. The first…
Descriptors: Blindness, Access to Information, Computer Science Education, Barriers
Joshi, Swaroop Ravindra – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Piaget's classic work on cognitive development showed that engaging learners in critical discussions with peers about ideas that are "different" than theirs leads to deep conceptual understanding. Implementing such an approach in college-level STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) courses has some specific challenges: (a) Short…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Computer Mediated Communication, Competition, Teaching Methods
Cantu, Brenda A. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
In their studies on student motivation in the 1990s, Gorham & Christophel and Christophel & Gorham found that students perceived their own demotivation to be caused by instructor behaviors. While there are studies that explore the topic of student demotivation and other studies that illustrate the great influence instructors have on…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Doctoral Degrees, Student Motivation, Teacher Behavior
Spicer-Sutton, Jama – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this study was to determine a student's computer knowledge upon course entry and if there was a difference in college students' improvement scores as measured by the difference in pretest and posttest scores of new or novice users, moderate users, and expert users at the end of a college-level introductory computing class. This…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Introductory Courses, Computer Science Education, Student Improvement
Ryoo, Jean Jinsun – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Computing occupations are among the fastest growing in the U.S. and technological innovations are central to solving world problems. Yet only our most privileged students are learning to use technology for creative purposes through rigorous computer science education opportunities. In order to increase access for diverse students and females who…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Computer Science, Critical Theory, Student Diversity
Newman, Christopher Bufford – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Over the past decade, three rationales have emerged for emphasizing the reinforcement of the United States' science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) pipeline. The first rationale pertains to U.S. global competitiveness, the second revolves around the benefits of a diverse workforce, and the third argument points to social justice…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Social Justice, African American Students, Engineering
Morris, Kathleen M. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Today's college students are often labeled the "Net Generation" and assumed to be computer savvy and technological minded. Exposure to and use of technologies can increase self-efficacy regarding ability to complete desired computer tasks, but students arrive on campuses unable to pass computer proficiency exams. This is concerning because some…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Computer Literacy, Computer Science Education, College Students
Rague, Brian William – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Almost all collegiate programs in Computer Science offer an introductory course in programming primarily devoted to communicating the foundational principles of software design and development. The ACM designates this introduction to computer programming course for first-year students as CS1, during which methodologies for solving problems within…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Introductory Courses, Sequential Approach, Programming Languages
Shapiro, Casey Ann Eznekier – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The importance of gender equity in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) has continued to be an area of national concern. Research examining women's experiences in STEM has highlighted several factors, both at the student- and institutional-level, that contribute to women's continued underrepresentation in STEM, especially in…
Descriptors: College Students, Institutional Research, Females, Disproportionate Representation
Tollison, Christopher Scott – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The current study investigates the effects of preparing learners for an online debate through a worked example in terms of student perception, participation, level of cognitive skill, and electronic interaction patterns. There has been a change in the focus of distance learning research from comparative media studies to the means to improve the…
Descriptors: Interaction, Thinking Skills, Distance Education, Information Systems
Goosen, Richard F. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This study provides information for higher education leaders that have or are considering conducting Computer Aided Design (CAD) instruction using student owned notebook computers. Survey data were collected during the first 8 years of a pilot program requiring engineering technology students at a four year public university to acquire a notebook…
Descriptors: Laptop Computers, Pilot Projects, Computer Assisted Instruction, Program Effectiveness