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Brett D. Jones; Xiao Zhu; Margaret Ellis; Zeynep Ambarkutuk; Hande Fenerci – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2025
To address the demand for engineers and computer scientists in the workforce, and the fact that some engineering students dropout or change majors, we explored how the motivational climate in an undergraduate computer science (CS) course was related to students' motivational beliefs and academic and career goals. Participants included 310 students…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Student Motivation, Beliefs, Occupational Aspiration
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Jones, Brett D.; Ellis, Margaret; Gu, Fei; Fenerci, Hande – International Journal of STEM Education, 2023
Background: The motivational climate within a course has been shown to be an important predictor of students' engagement and course ratings. Because little is known about how students' perceptions of the motivational climate in a computer science (CS) course vary by sex, race/ethnicity, and academic major, we investigated these questions: (1) To…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Computer Science Education, Gender Differences, Racial Differences
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Medveckis, Arturs; Pigozne, Tamara; Tomsons, Dzintars – World Journal on Educational Technology: Current Issues, 2021
Life-long learning, including development of professional competence, is an essential paradigm of the 21st century. The goal of this research is to analyse the quality and efficiency of the educators' professional competence enhancement programme dubbed "Fundamentals of Programming in Visual Programming Environment Scratch" in accordance…
Descriptors: Teacher Competencies, Technological Literacy, Programming Languages, Computer Science Education
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Öncü, Semiral; Bichelmeyer, Barbara A. – Participatory Educational Research, 2021
Learners have to engage in academically purposeful instructional endeavors to be successful in school. Latest research indicates that the learners of today are not as interested in educational deeds as they need to be. Educational stakeholders should look for means to address this tendency to have a positive influence on educational results. This…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Learner Engagement, Blended Learning, Educational Certificates