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"Hour of Code": Can It Change Students' Attitudes toward Programming?
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Du, Jie; Wimmer, Hayden; Rada, Roy – Journal of Information Technology Education: Innovations in Practice, 2016
The Hour of Code is a one-hour introduction to computer science organized by Code.org, a non-profit dedicated to expanding participation in computer science. This study investigated the impact of the Hour of Code on students' attitudes towards computer programming and their knowledge of programming. A sample of undergraduate students from two…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Computer Science Education, Programming, Introductory Courses
Software Quality and Security in Teachers' and Students' Codes When Learning a New Programming Language
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Boutnaru, Shlomi; Hershkovitz, Arnon – Interdisciplinary Journal of e-Skills and Lifelong Learning, 2015
In recent years, schools (as well as universities) have added cyber security to their computer science curricula. This topic is still new for most of the current teachers, who would normally have a standard computer science background. Therefore the teachers are trained and then teaching their students what they have just learned. In order to…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Computer Security, Programming Languages, Computer Science Education
Code to Learn: Where Does It Belong in the K-12 Curriculum?
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Moreno-León, Jesús; Robles, Gregorio; Román-González, Marcos – Journal of Information Technology Education: Research, 2016
The introduction of computer programming in K-12 has become mainstream in the last years, as countries around the world are making coding part of their curriculum. Nevertheless, there is a lack of empirical studies that investigate how learning to program at an early age affects other school subjects. In this regard, this paper compares three…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Programming, Computer Science Education, Introductory Courses
Models for Information Assurance Education and Outreach: A Report on Year 1 Implementation
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Wang, Jianjun – Grantee Submission, 2013
On September 22, 2012, NSF announced its decision to fund a three-year project, "Models for Information Assurance Education and Outreach" (MIAEO). In the first year of grant operation, MIAEO has invited 18 high school students, two K-12 teachers, and two CSUB student assistants to conduct research explorations in the fields of…
Descriptors: Information Security, Computer Science Education, Improvement Programs, Program Effectiveness
Detecting Targeted Malicious Email through Supervised Classification of Persistent Threat and Recipient Oriented Features
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Amin, Rohan Mahesh – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Targeted email attacks to enable computer network exploitation have become more prevalent, more insidious, and more widely documented in recent years. Beyond nuisance spam or phishing designed to trick users into revealing personal information, targeted malicious email (TME) facilitates computer network exploitation and the gathering of sensitive…
Descriptors: Electronic Mail, Program Effectiveness, Classification, Statistical Analysis
Determining Areas of Weakness in Introductory Programming as a Foundation for Reusable Learning Objects
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Costelloe, Eileen; Sherry, Elisabeth; Magee, Patricia – Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 2007
Teaching programming to novices has proved challenging for both learner and lecturer due to the abstraction and complexity of the subject matter. The work described in this paper is part of an EU funded Minerva project called TUPULO (Teaching Undergraduate Programming Using Learning Objects) which aims to address the challenges faced by novice…
Descriptors: Programming, Undergraduate Study, Resource Units, Constructivism (Learning)