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Valentina Dagiene; Gintautas Grigas; Tatjana Jevsikova – Informatics in Education, 2024
The work of Niklaus Wirth, designer of the Pascal programming language, has led to the introduction of programming in schools in many countries often leading to a transformation in the way of thinking. In this article, we provide a retrospective analysis of the Lithuanian experience driven by Pascal and discuss the main ideas about teaching…
Descriptors: Programming Languages, Computer Science Education, Foreign Countries, Programming
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Diana Kirk; Andrew Luxton-Reilly; Ewan Tempero – ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 2025
Objectives: Code style is an important aspect of text-based programming because programs written with good style are considered easier to understand and change and so improve the maintainability of the delivered software product. However teaching code style is complicated by the existence of many style guides and standards that contain…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Programming, Computer Software, Teaching Methods
Patton, Belinda Andromeda – ProQuest LLC, 2020
The rise in demand for computer programming jobs has created a significant need for computer programming training. Online learning can be an effective tool for meeting the needs of these job demands. The challenge for universities is that computer programming is perceived as a difficult course by many students (Askar & Davenport, 2009; Baser,…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Undergraduate Students, Programming, Computer Science Education
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Zhang, Xihui; Crabtree, John D.; Terwilliger, Mark G.; Jenkins, Janet T. – Journal of Information Systems Education, 2020
A solid foundation in computer programming is critical for students to succeed in advanced computing courses, but teaching such an introductory course is challenging. Therefore, it is important to develop better approaches in order to improve teaching effectiveness and enhance student learning. In this paper, we present 26 tips for teaching…
Descriptors: Programming, Programming Languages, Introductory Courses, Computer Science Education
Méndez Irizarry, Alejandra S. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This doctoral dissertation documents the experiences of women (student and faculty) in computer science programs. The research emerges from the literature on the gender gap in computing and video gaming. Thus, the author seeks to find the meaning that participants have granted to their experiences as undergraduate students and faculty, in a…
Descriptors: Females, Computer Science Education, Video Games, Gender Differences
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Ying-Chieh Liu; Hung-Yi Chen – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2025
Contribution: Expand the scope of factors influencing self-efficacy and highlight the importance of teaching quality, peer support, perceived course value, the moderating effects of self-regulation, and adversity quotient (AQ). Background: Self-efficacy has been regarded as an important factor in students' learning performance. However, little…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, College Faculty, Programming
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Anas Husain – Journal of Information Technology Education: Research, 2024
Aim/Purpose: This study aims to investigate the perceptions of programming instructors among the Information Technology faculty members at AL al-Bayt University regarding the effectiveness of ChatGPT in supporting the programming instructional process. This study also aims to explore their experiences concerning the potential benefits and adverse…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Man Machine Systems, Natural Language Processing, Programming
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Georgia M. Kapitsaki – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2024
Contribution: Reporting of students' view on the use of preparatory sprint and virtual meetings, as well as on the workload effort in combination with coding artifacts in a Scrum-variant project-based course. Background: Scrum has been adopted to a large extent in Software Engineering (SE) courses. Relevant aspects have been examined in the…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Students, Computer Software, Programming
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Meina Zhu; Cheng Wang – International Journal of Computer Science Education in Schools, 2023
Given the increasing needs of employees with computational skills, understanding the core competencies of K-12 computer science (CS) education is vital. This phenomenological research aims to identify critical factors of CS education in K-12 schools from the perspectives and visions of CS faculties in higher education and teachers in K-12 schools.…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Elementary Secondary Education, Teacher Attitudes, Universities
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Moskal, Adon Christian Michael; Wass, Rob – Computer Science Education, 2019
Background and Context: Encouraging undergraduate programming students to think more about their software development processes is challenging. Most programming courses focus on coding skill development and mastering programming language features; subsequently software development processes (e.g. planning, code commenting, and error debugging) are…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Undergraduate Students, Programming, Programming Languages
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Gao, Zhikai; Erickson, Bradley; Xu, Yiqiao; Lynch, Collin; Heckman, Sarah; Barnes, Tiffany – Journal of Educational Data Mining, 2022
Demand for education in Computer Science has increased markedly in recent years. With increased demand has come to an increased need for student support, especially for courses with large programming projects. Instructors commonly provide online post forums or office hours to address this massive demand for help requests. Identifying what types of…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Help Seeking, College Faculty, Teacher Role
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Felienne Hermans – Informatics in Education, 2024
This autoethnographic paper is part of a special issue trying to answer the question "How to design or choose languages for programming novices?" I will describe how my programming language Hedy was created, how the initial design goals were formed, how my perspectives on learning and teaching changed along the way, and how Hedy changed…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Programming Languages, Novices, Computer Science Education
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Justin Gambrell; Eric Brewe – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2024
Computational thinking in physics has many different forms, definitions, and implementations depending on the level of physics or the institution it is presented in. To better integrate computational thinking in introductory physics, we need to understand what physicists find important about computational thinking in introductory physics. We…
Descriptors: Physics, Introductory Courses, Science Instruction, Thinking Skills
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Varga, Erika B.; Sátán, Ádám – Hungarian Educational Research Journal, 2021
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the pre-enrollment attributes of first-year students at Computer Science BSc programs of the University of Miskolc, Hungary in order to find those that mostly contribute to failure on the Programming Basics first-semester course and, consequently to dropout. Our aim is to detect at-risk students early,…
Descriptors: Identification, At Risk Students, Computer Science Education, Undergraduate Students
Trenton W. Dawson – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This study aimed to understand the identity and attitude of students enrolled in computer science (CS) or programming-related course at community colleges nationwide. This study quantitatively evaluation data for estimating the relationships between students' identity and attitudes toward computer science with prior programming experience and…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Trend Analysis, Programming, Community College Students
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