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Cosma, Georgina; Joy, Mike; Sinclair, Jane; Andreou, Margarita; Zhang, Dongyong; Cook, Beverley; Boyatt, Russell – ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 2017
Perspectives of students on what constitutes source-code plagiarism may differ based on their educational background. Surveys have been conducted with home students undertaking computing and joint computing subject degrees at higher education institutions throughout the UK, China, and South Cyprus, and a total of 984 responses have been…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Plagiarism, Student Attitudes
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Constantinou, Costas S.; Nicolaou, Stella A. – Qualitative Research in Education, 2018
Problem-Based Learning (PBL) is well known for enhancing students' problem solving skills and teamwork, while the role of PBL tutors is to facilitate discussion rather than teach. This study used four focus groups to explore PBL tutors' motivation, challenges and support mechanisms, and the relationship between these. The study found that there…
Descriptors: Tutors, Problem Based Learning, Teaching Methods, Problem Solving
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Xenofontos, Constantinos; Andrews, Paul – Research in Mathematics Education, 2012
In this paper we report on a small-scale comparative examination of prospective elementary teachers' beliefs about problem-solving in Cyprus and England. First year undergraduate students (13 from Cyprus and 14 from England) from a well-regarded university in each country were qualitatively interviewed at the commencement of their respective…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Problem Solving, Elementary School Teachers, Preservice Teachers