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Lakshminarayanan, Srinivasan; Rao, N. J. – Cogent Education, 2021
CS1 courses are designed in Indian Institutions as a lecture course of three to four credits and one credit lab course. The issues related to curriculum design, instruction design, and students' learning manifest themselves as issues in the lab programs. This situation presents the lab instructor with an opportunity to understand and address the…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Teaching Methods, Programming, Programming Languages
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Awaah, Fred; Okebukola, Peter; Shabani, Juma; Solarin, Daniel; Emmanuel Okyere, Ekwam – Cogent Education, 2022
The Culturo-Techno-Contextual Approach (CTCA) is a teaching method based on culture, technology, and context to ease difficulties in students' understanding of concepts. Python Programming as a concept in computer studies is difficult for students to understand at the secondary school level. This study investigates the efficacy of the CTCA in…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Computer Science Education, Programming Languages, Secondary School Students
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Wolz, Sabine; Bergande, Bianca; Brune, Philipp – Cogent Education, 2022
Programming is an essential part of the curriculum of computer science non-major students. The motivation for the various elements of interdisciplinary degrees is often very low in computer science, which faces a gender gap as well. Differences between study courses and gender in confidence, attitude, student numbers, and motivation in computer…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Gender Differences, Computer Science Education, Nonmajors