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Gunbatar, Mustafa Serkan; Karalar, Halit – European Journal of Educational Research, 2018
This study aims to assess the effects of teaching programming with mBlock on self-efficacy perceptions and attitudes considering programming. Particularly, this study tries to research whether there is a gender difference in middle school students or not. The study was conducted in pre-test/post-test quasi experimental design. The participants of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Middle School Students, Student Attitudes, Gender Differences
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Özden, Mehtap – International Journal of Progressive Education, 2018
The rapid spread of information with the wide use of the printing press has gained momentum in the 21st century as digital texts have become widespread. Reading is among the major abilities educated individuals are expected to hold and Turkish language teachers are looked to in the acquisition of this ability. Besides, computer technologies…
Descriptors: Technological Literacy, Information Technology, Computer Science Education, Turkish
Brice, Ann – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Employers in Information Technology (IT) fields state that students entering the workforce may have solid programming skills, but they lack interpersonal skills, also known as employability skills. One way students may be able to improve their employability skills is to participate in service-learning projects as part of their regular college…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Employment Potential, Job Skills, Empathy
Qian, Yizhou – ProQuest LLC, 2018
With the expansion of computer science (CS) education, CS teachers in K-12 schools should be cognizant of student misconceptions and be prepared to help students establish accurate understanding of computer science and programming. This exploratory design-based research (DBR) study implemented a data-driven approach to identify secondary school…
Descriptors: Misconceptions, Data, Decision Making, Computer Science Education
Assignon, Selom – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The problem of low student completion rates in distance learning courses remains one of the major issues that institutions of higher learning face. Efforts by school administrators to reverse this trend have so far produced mixed results. The rapid expansion of distance learning has encouraged many institutions to move more courses online,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Computer Science Education, Online Courses, Distance Education
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Xinogalos, Stelios – Education and Information Technologies, 2016
Designing and deploying programming courses is undoubtedly a challenging task. In this paper, an attempt to analyze important aspects of a sequence of two courses on imperative-procedural and object-oriented programming in a non-CS majors Department is made. This analysis is based on a questionnaire filled in by fifty students in a voluntary…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Programming, Computer Science, Educational Strategies
Scarabottolo, Nello – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2016
This paper analyzes the main characteristics of the students enrolled to a three-years undergraduate course on Security of Computer Systems and Networks, offered in traditional, classroom based fashion as well as online at the University of Milan (Italy). This allows to compare classroom and online students from several points of view, and gives…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Online Courses, Student Characteristics, Enrollment
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Naik, Nitin – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2017
Innovation in learning and teaching is an everyday requirement in contemporary higher education (HE), especially in challenging subjects such as mathematics. Teaching mathematics to students with limited experience of formal mathematical instruction is a good example of a demanding pedagogical undertaking where innovatory practice can help HE…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Instructional Innovation, Educational Games
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Sanford, John F.; Naidu, Jaideep T. – Contemporary Issues in Education Research, 2017
The paper argues that mathematical modeling is the essence of computational thinking. Learning a computer language is a valuable assistance in learning logical thinking but of less assistance when learning problem-solving skills. The paper is third in a series and presents some examples of mathematical modeling using spreadsheets at an advanced…
Descriptors: Mathematical Models, Computation, Cognitive Processes, Problem Solving
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Hayat, Khizar; Al-Shukaili, Naeem Ali; Sultan, Khalid – Education and Information Technologies, 2017
The success of university-level education depends on the quality of underlying school education and any deficiency therein may be detrimental to a student's career. This may be more glaring with Computer Science education, given its mercurial nature. In the developing countries, the Computer Science school curricula are usually stuffed with…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Teaching Methods, Elementary Secondary Education, Programming Languages
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Hutz, Benjamin – PRIMUS, 2017
This article examines the use of the computer algebra system SAGE for undergraduate student research projects. After reading this article, the reader should understand the benefits of using SAGE as a source of research projects and how to commence working with SAGE. The author proposes a tiered working group model to allow maximum benefit to the…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Research Projects, Algebra, Computer Science
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Pizard, Sebastián; Vallespir, Diego – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2017
Software engineering is the discipline that develops all the aspects of the production of software. Although there are guidelines about what topics to include in a software engineering curricula, it is usually unclear which are the best methods to teach them. In any science discipline the construction of a classification schema is a common…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Computer Software, Engineering Education, Taxonomy
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Hüttel, Hans; Gnaur, Dorina – Journal of Problem Based Learning in Higher Education, 2017
Danish PBL-based higher education institutions espouse the qualities of problem-based projects but actual practice shows a somewhat different picture. The predominant use of project catalogues and the formal requirements imposed by accreditation inhibit central intentions behind problem-based project work and there is now a danger of employing the…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Higher Education, Student Projects, Computer Science Education
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Jankowski, Amy – Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, 2017
Accessibility and findability of digitized archival resources can be a challenge, particularly for students or researchers not familiar with archival formats and digital interfaces, which adhere to different descriptive standards than more widely familiar library resources. Numerous aggregate archival collection databases exist, which provide a…
Descriptors: Archives, Primary Sources, Scientific and Technical Information, Biology
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dos Santos, Vinicius; de Souza, Érica F.; Felizardo, Katia R; Vijaykumar, Nandamudi L. – Informatics in Education, 2017
Context: concept Maps (CMs) enable the creation of a schematic representation of a domain knowledge. For this reason, CMs have been applied in different research areas, including Computer Science. Objective: the objective of this paper is to present the results of a systematic mapping study conducted to collect and evaluate existing research on…
Descriptors: Concept Mapping, Computer Science Education, Literature Reviews, Meta Analysis
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