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Busra Ozmen Yagiz; Ecenaz Alemdag – Education and Information Technologies, 2025
Resilience is a critical personality trait that allows one to deal with difficulties, learn from failures, and maintain a positive attitude during task performance. However, it has not been understudied in a complex and challenging educational domain. The current research intends to address this gap by analyzing the specific characteristics of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Resilience (Psychology), Programming
Emily Mae Kaplitz – ProQuest LLC, 2024
There has been an increase of both neurodivergent students and enrollment in Computer Science programs in higher education. These increases have brought attention to two separate challenges: neurodivergent college students struggle more compared to their neurotypical peers and many students struggle in introductory computer science courses. This…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Neurological Impairments, Computer Science Education, Programming
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Lily R. Liang; Rui Kang – International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2024
This study examines the impact of a situated learning class framework on student learning and sense of belonging in a first-year introductory computer programming course offered at an urban commuter campus. The framework provided students opportunities to engage in hands-on activities embedded in authentic contexts facilitated or led by students…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Computer Science Education, Commuting Students, Sense of Community
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Akar, Sacide Guzin Mazman; Altun, Arif – Contemporary Educational Technology, 2017
The purpose of this study is to investigate and conceptualize the ranks of importance of social cognitive variables on university students' computer programming performances. Spatial ability, working memory, self-efficacy, gender, prior knowledge and the universities students attend were taken as variables to be analyzed. The study has been…
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Learning Processes, Programming, Self Efficacy
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Tan, Songxin; Shen, Zixing – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2018
Contribution: This paper reports a curriculum development in hybrid problem-based learning (h-PBL), addresses the design, implementation, effectiveness, and assessment issues of h-PBL, and explains the mixed results observed regarding the impact of problem-based learning (PBL) on student grades from a hybrid perspective. Background: The effect of…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Blended Learning, Case Studies, Curriculum Development
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Mubin, Omar; Novoa, Mauricio; Al Mahmud, Abdullah – Interactive Technology and Smart Education, 2017
Purpose: This paper narrates a case study on design thinking-based education work in an industrial design honours program. Student projects were developed in a multi-disciplinary setting across a Computing and Engineering faculty that allowed promoting technologically and user-driven innovation strategies. Design/methodology/approach: A renewed…
Descriptors: Industrial Arts, Design, Case Studies, Teaching Methods
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Walsh, John P.; Sun, Jerry Chih-Yuan; Riconscente, Michelle – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2011
Digital technologies can improve student interest and knowledge in science. However, researching the vast number of websites devoted to science education and integrating them into undergraduate curricula is time-consuming. We developed an Adobe ColdFusion- and Adobe Flash-based system for simplifying the construction, use, and delivery of…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Undergraduate Students, Student Interests, Online Courses
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Henson, Kerry; Kamal, Mustafa – American Journal of Business Education, 2010
The power of outsourcing basic computing technology such as computer programming, database design, customer service operations and system development, to mention a few have changed the conditions of employment in IT. Many of the projects that went off-shore did not perform well due to failure to consider important factors in business dimensions.
Descriptors: Business Administration, Business Administration Education, Outsourcing, Programming
Nunes, Miguel Baptista, Ed.; McPherson, Maggie, Ed. – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2016
These proceedings contain the papers of the International Conference e-Learning 2016, which was organised by the International Association for Development of the Information Society, 1-3 July, 2016. This conference is part of the Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems 2016, 1-4 July. The e-Learning (EL) 2016 conference aims…
Descriptors: Professional Associations, Conferences (Gatherings), Electronic Learning, Computer Science Education
Wolz, Ursula; Conjura, Edward – 1994
A three-semester core curriculum for undergraduate computer science is proposed and described. Both functional and imperative programming styles are taught. The curriculum particularly addresses the problem of effectively presenting both abstraction and implementation. Two courses in the first semester emphasize abstraction. The next courses…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Course Content, Curriculum Development, Higher Education
Tomlin, Russell S.; Douglas, Sarah A. – 1989
This project developed computer-based language teaching software to assist beginning second language learners develop listening comprehension skills. Students interact with computer-based simulations of real world problems, which require their understanding of oral language provided by the computer system. The project embraced a communicative…
Descriptors: Authoring Aids (Programming), Communicative Competence (Languages), Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation