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Apiola, Mikko; Tedre, Matti – Journal of Information Technology Education: Innovations in Practice, 2013
It has been shown that deep approaches to learning, intrinsic motivation, and self-regulated learning have strong positive effects on learning. How those pedagogical theories can be integrated in computing curricula is, however, still lacking empirically grounded analyses. In a more general level, it has been widely acknowledged that in…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Creativity, Robotics, Problem Based Learning
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Apiola, Mikko; Lattu, Matti; Pasanen, Tomi A. – ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 2012
Despite much public discussion about the importance of creativity and innovation-friendly teaching in Finnish higher education, the impact of the general opinion on actual teaching practices has been limited. In the Finnish computer science education the teaching mostly follows a pattern of lectures, fixed exercise sets, and exams. With this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Science Education, Robotics, College Instruction