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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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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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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
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
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Karakaya Cirit, Didem – International Journal of Contemporary Educational Research, 2022
This paper analyzed Scratch projects developed by undergraduate students. The sample consisted of 22 child development students (18 women and four men) in the 2018-2019 academic year. The study adopted an action research design within the scope of a course titled "Teaching Science and Mathematics in Preschool Education." The research was…
Descriptors: Coding, Preschool Education, Computer Science Education, Computer Software
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Coetzee, Bronwynè; Kagee, Ashraf – Africa Education Review, 2021
In psychology departments in South Africa, the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) is routinely used for quantitative analysis. While SPSS has a user-friendly interface, it does not permit application of some of the more sophisticated analytic approaches and therefore has limited functionality. The programming language R can perform…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Faculty Development, Psychology, Programming Languages
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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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Sharp, Jason H. – Information Systems Education Journal, 2019
With the recent renewed interest in programming, online learning environments like Codecademy have become quite popular, boasting some 25 million members worldwide. The purpose of this paper is to describe the author's experience using Codecademy Interactive Lessons as an instructional supplement in an introductory Python programming course. The…
Descriptors: Programming Languages, Teaching Methods, Outcomes of Education, Introductory Courses
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Maranga, Jemar Jude A.; Matugas, Leilla Keith J.; Lim, Jorge Frederick W.; Romana, Cherry Lyn C. Sta. – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2019
Teaching an introductory programming course to an average of 40 students while monitoring their performance can be a challenge for instructors. Preparing coding exercises with test cases and checking students' programs can prove to be time consuming at times. Moreover, programming has been known to be quite difficult for students to learn. To…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Programming Languages, Introductory Courses, Computer Science Education
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Moffett, David W. – Online Submission, 2019
The Education Program Provider Chair's objective was to create a student legacy artifact archival retrieval system. The goal was to have the database system operational by Spring Semester, 2019. The purpose of the new system was to house and index student and pre-service candidate product across performance levels reflective of the program's key…
Descriptors: Databases, Computer Science Education, College Faculty, Departments
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Ali, Azad; Smith, David – Journal of Information Technology Education: Innovations in Practice, 2014
This paper presents a debate between two faculty members regarding the teaching of the legacy programming course (COBOL) in a Computer Science (CS) program. Among the two faculty members, one calls for the continuation of teaching this language and the other calls for replacing it with another modern language. Although CS programs are notorious…
Descriptors: Programming Languages, Information Technology, Computer Science Education, Comparative Analysis
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Russell, Jack; Russell, Barbara; Pollacia, Lissa F.; Tastle, William J. – Information Systems Education Journal, 2010
This paper researches the computer languages taught in the first, second and third programming courses in Computer Information Systems (CIS), Management Information Systems (MIS or IS) curricula as well as in Computer Science (CS) and Information Technology (IT) curricula. Instructors teaching the first course in programming within a four year…
Descriptors: Programming Languages, Information Systems, Computer Science Education, Management Information Systems