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Gurer, Melih Derya; Cetin, Ibrahim; Top, Ercan – Informatics in Education, 2019
The aim of this study was to investigate the factors affecting the pre-service computer science teachers' attitudes towards computer programming (ATCP). The sample consists of 119 preservice teachers at a public state university. The influences of students' demographic characteristics (gender, grade level, and high school type), their achievement…
Descriptors: Programming, Preservice Teachers, State Universities, Academic Achievement
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Cetin, Ibrahim; Andrews-Larson, Christine – Computer Science Education, 2016
Recent increased interest in computational thinking poses an important question to researchers: What are the best ways to teach fundamental computing concepts to students? Visualization is suggested as one way of supporting student learning. This mixed-method study aimed to (i) examine the effect of instruction in which students constructed…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Visualization, Teaching Methods, Mixed Methods Research
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Cetin, Ibrahim – Computer Science Education, 2013
The purpose of this study was twofold: to investigate students' concept images about class, object, and their relationship and to help them enhance their learning of these notions with a visualization tool. Fifty-six second-year university students participated in the study. To investigate his/her concept images, the researcher developed a survey…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Programming, Visualization, Animation