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Peer reviewedKern, Ronald P. – Community/Junior College Quarterly of Research and Practice, 1990
Compares student achievement in introductory computer science courses before and after the introduction of a competency-based course syllabus. Finds little difference in the performance of 1988 and 1989 summer students. Fall competency-based students had a higher dropout rate but increased performance. (DMM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Colleges, Competency Based Education, Computer Science Education
Direct linkEmurian, Henry H. – International Journal of Distance Education Technologies, 2006
Students in a graduate class and an undergraduate class in Information Systems completed a Web-based programmed instruction tutor that taught a simple Java applet as the first technical training exercise in a computer programming course. The tutor is a competency-based instructional system for individualized distance learning. When a student…
Descriptors: Web Based Instruction, Computer Science Education, Information Systems, Graduate Students
