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Kevin Slonka; Matthew North; Neelima Bhatnagar; Anthony Serapiglia – Information Systems Education Journal, 2025
Continuing to fill the literature gap, this research replicated and expands a prior study of student performance in database normalization in an introductory database course. The data was collected from four different universities, each having different prerequisite courses for their database course. Student performance on a database normalization…
Descriptors: Required Courses, Academic Achievement, Information Systems, Databases
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Deepak Dawar – Information Systems Education Journal, 2024
Learning computer programming is typically difficult for newcomers. Demotivation and learned helplessness have received much attention. Besides the subject's intricacy, low in-class participation has been associated with poor student achievement. This paper presents a follow-up, stage 2 study on the novel instructional technique, Student-Driven…
Descriptors: College Students, Computer Science Education, Required Courses, Elective Courses
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Yadav, Alok Kumar; Oyelere, Solomon Sunday – Education and Information Technologies, 2021
This paper intends to present an overview of a mobile game-based learning application, BaghLearn that develops and upskills programming and algorithmic knowledge by cross-curricular capabilities through a traditional world-based game. The focus of this research was to explore the learning effectiveness of BaghLearn on students. Mixed method…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Handheld Devices, Educational Games
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Saarela, Mirka; Karkkainen, Tommi – Journal of Educational Data Mining, 2015
Curricula for Computer Science (CS) degrees are characterized by the strong occupational orientation of the discipline. In the BSc degree structure, with clearly separate CS core studies, the learning skills for these and other required courses may vary a lot, which is shown in students' overall performance. To analyze this situation, we apply…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Academic Achievement, Undergraduate Students, Core Curriculum
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Thomas, Jennifer D. E.; Blackwood, Martina – Information Systems Education Journal, 2010
This paper presents an investigation of non-Information Systems (IS) major's perceptions and performance when enrolled in a required introductory Computer Information Systems course. Students of various academic backgrounds were taught Excel, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), JavaScript and computer literacy in a 14-week introductory course, in…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Information Systems, Nonmajors, Required Courses
Bracey, Gerald W. – Electronic Learning, 1988
Discussion of relationships between computer anxiety and achievement focuses on a study of students enrolled in a required computer course in an urban university. Topics discussed include the Computer Anxiety Scale; Computer Aptitude, Literacy and Interest Profile; Math Anxiety Rating Scale; and the correlation between high anxiety and low…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Computer Science Education, Correlation, Higher Education