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Sigal Levy; Yelena Stukalin; Nili Guttmann-Beck – Teaching Statistics: An International Journal for Teachers, 2024
Probability theory has extensive applications across various domains, such as statistics, computer science, and finance. In probability education, students are introduced to fundamental principles which may include mathematical topics such as combinatorics and symmetric sample spaces. Students pursuing degrees in computer science possess a robust…
Descriptors: Programming, Probability, Mathematics Skills, Computer Science Education
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Bermingham, Nevan; Boylan, Frances; Ryan, Barry J. – Journal of Peer Learning, 2022
Access Foundation Programmes are a widening-participation initiative designed to encourage engagement in higher education among underrepresented groups, including those with socioeconomic and educational disadvantage. In particular, mature students enrolled in these programmes experience greater difficulties making the transition to tertiary…
Descriptors: Programming, Foreign Countries, Computer Science, Peer Teaching
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Fadip Audu Nannim; Nnenna Ekpereka Ibezim; Basil C. E. Oguguo; Emmanuel Chinweike Nwangwu – Education and Information Technologies, 2024
This study investigated the effect of project-based Arduino robot application on students' computational thinking skills development in robotics programming course using the quasi-experimental research design. The participants consist of 73 students in tertiary institutions in South-East Nigeria that offer Computer and Robotics Education…
Descriptors: Robotics, Computation, Thinking Skills, Skill Development
Swanson, Dewey; Gusev, Dmitri A. – Association Supporting Computer Users in Education, 2016
Purdue Polytechnic has several locations in the state of Indiana offering students a chance to get a Purdue degree. The Computer and Information Technology (CIT) department offers the CIT degree at three sites in Indiana: Anderson, Columbus and Kokomo. CIT offers several potential majors including Cybersecurity, Network Engineering, Systems…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Postsecondary Education, Higher Education, Networks
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Yildirim, Osman; Ozdener, Nesrin – International Journal of Technology in Education and Science, 2021
Computer games are effective instructional tools used in programming courses to increase students' motivation and engagement. This participatory action research aims to redesign the Object-Oriented Programming course in which the first author is both the instructor and researcher to make it more effective and efficient. In the first step of the…
Descriptors: Action Research, Programming, Computer Science Education, Computer Software
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Khenner, Evgeniy; Semakin, Igor – ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 2014
This article deals with some aspects of studying Informatics in Russian schools. Those aspects are part of the "third dimension" of the Darmstadt model (they are also projected on the other two dimensions of this model) and include evolution of the subject, regulatory norms conforming to the Federal Educational Standards, the learning…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Information Technology, Computer Science Education, Secondary Education
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Bunch, John M. – Journal of Information Technology Education, 2009
Vocational education by its nature has a need for delivery methods that place a strong focus on the relationship between school and work and seeks to deliver instruction in a manner that bridges the two as seamlessly as possible. This paper presents a curriculum and constructivist-based instructional delivery approach, designed to emphasize a…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Curriculum Development, Teaching Methods, Postsecondary Education