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Emerson, Andrew; Rodríguez, Fernando J.; Mott, Bradford; Smith, Andy; Min, Wookhee; Boyer, Kristy Elizabeth; Smith, Cody; Wiebe, Eric; Lester, James – International Educational Data Mining Society, 2019
Recent years have seen a growing interest in block-based programming environments for computer science education. While these environments hold significant potential for novice programmers, they lack the adaptive support necessary to accommodate students exhibiting a wide range of initial capabilities and dispositions toward computing. A promising…
Descriptors: Programming, Computer Science Education, Feedback (Response), Prediction
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McAleer, Brenda; Szakas, Joseph S. – Information Systems Education Journal, 2010
In the past few years, universities have become much more involved in outcomes assessment. Outside of the classroom analysis of learning outcomes, an investigation is performed into the use of current data mining tools to assess the issue of student retention within the Computer Information Systems (CIS) department. Utilizing both a historical…
Descriptors: College Students, Computer Science Education, Information Systems, Prior Learning
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Sotirofski, Kseanela; Kukeli, Agim; Kalemi, Edlira – Journal of College Teaching & Learning, 2010
The main objective of our study is to determine the challenges faced during the process of teaching Computer Science in a university of a country in transition and make suggestions to improve this teaching process by perfecting the necessary conditions. Our survey builds on the thesis that we live in an information age; information technology is…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Prior Learning, Computers, Information Technology
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Hansen, Klaus-Henning – Computers and Education, 1993
Discusses results of a study based on a sample of secondary school teachers in Germany that was conducted to analyze the relationships between prior knowledge of content- and context-area topics and teaching practices in the computer education curriculum. The use of path analysis is described, and gender differences are examined. (Contains 11…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Correlation, Curriculum Research, Foreign Countries
Barnes, Tiffany, Ed.; Desmarais, Michel, Ed.; Romero, Cristobal, Ed.; Ventura, Sebastian, Ed. – International Working Group on Educational Data Mining, 2009
The Second International Conference on Educational Data Mining (EDM2009) was held at the University of Cordoba, Spain, on July 1-3, 2009. EDM brings together researchers from computer science, education, psychology, psychometrics, and statistics to analyze large data sets to answer educational research questions. The increase in instrumented…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Educational Research, Conferences (Gatherings), Foreign Countries
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers