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Contesting Sociocomputational Norms: Computer Programming Instructors and Students' Stancetaking around Refactoring
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Morgan M. Fong; David DeLiema; Virginia J. Flood; Oia Walker-van Aalst – International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning, 2025
Working solutions to problems are not definitive end points. As a result, code that is technically correct can still be treated as needing revising -- a practice in computer programming known as refactoring. We document how late elementary to middle school students and their undergraduate instructors weigh the possibility of refactoring working…
Descriptors: Computation, Thinking Skills, Norms, Computer Science Education
Compulsory Coding in Education: Liberal-Humanism, Baudrillard and the 'Problem' of Abstraction
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Tamatea, Laurence – Research and Practice in Technology Enhanced Learning, 2019
Internationally, coding is increasingly introduced into primary and junior high schools (children generally aged between 5 and 15) on a compulsory basis, though not all stakeholders support this 'initiative'. In response to the public reception, discussion highlights popular argument around compulsory coding in school education. This is an…
Descriptors: Coding, Programming, Computer Science Education, Required Courses
Investigating Multimodal Predictors of Peer Satisfaction for Collaborative Coding in Middle School
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Ma, Yingbo; Katuka, Gloria Ashiya; Celepkolu, Mehmet; Boyer, Kristy Elizabeth – International Educational Data Mining Society, 2022
Collaborative learning is a complex process during which two or more learners exchange opinions, construct shared knowledge, and solve problems together. While engaging in this interactive process, learners' satisfaction toward their partners plays a crucial role in defining the success of the collaboration. If intelligent systems could predict…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Cooperative Learning, Prediction, Peer Relationship
Design and Cognitive Level of Student Dialogue in Secondary School Online Courses
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Dubuclet, Keisha Smith; Lou, Yiping; MacGregor, Kim – American Journal of Distance Education, 2015
This study investigated the impact of discussion forum design and facilitative strategies on student participation and cognitive levels of student dialogue. A multiple-case study design was used. Three online classes taught by the same instructor participated (n = 55). Data were collected from observations, discussion transcripts, and teacher…
Descriptors: Discussion, Student Participation, Dialogs (Language), Case Studies
Exploring Creative Thinking in Graphically Mediated Synchronous Dialogues
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Wegerif, Rupert; McLaren, Bruce M.; Chamrada, Marian; Scheuer, Oliver; Mansour, Nasser; Miksatko, Jan; Williams, Mriga – Computers & Education, 2010
This paper reports on an aspect of the EC funded Argunaut project which researched and developed awareness tools for moderators of online dialogues. In this study we report on an investigation into the nature of creative thinking in online dialogues and whether or not this creative thinking can be coded for and recognized automatically such that…
Descriptors: Creativity, Creative Thinking, International Programs, Coding
Encoding Standards for Linguistic Corpora.
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Ide, Nancy – 1995
The demand for extensive reusability of large language text collections for natural languages processing research requires development of standardized encoding formats. Such formats must be capable of representing different kinds of information across the spectrum of text types and languages, capable of representing different levels of…
Descriptors: Coding, Computational Linguistics, Computer Software, Descriptive Linguistics