Leveling the CS1 playing field

Townsend, Gloria Childress; Menzel, Suzanne; Siek, Katie A.

doi:10.1145/1227310.1227428

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“…An earlier examination of the peer tutoring program at Indiana University showed a positive trend in retention and overall success rate in CS1 after the introduction of peer tutoring [15]. The degree to which this uptick can be attributed to peer tutoring and external factors was not examined, although the trend has continued.…”

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“…A variety of programs were quickly implemented at many institutions to try to increase enrollment, improve retention in the program and support student success. At Indiana University, a recruitment initiative, TryIT [15], targeted over one thousand first-year women and included a peer tutoring program to support new recruits. A year and a half later, the peer tutoring program was expanded to cover three courses: CS1, CS2 and a non-major programming course.…”

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Tutoring for retention

Cottam

Menzel

Greenblatt

2011

Proceedings of the 42nd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education

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Peer tutoring is a simple, low-cost intervention that can be implemented in CS1/2 courses. It is hypothesized that peer tutoring helps students build a sense of community, succeed in course work, and build confidence to take further courses in the major. This paper examines the latter two hypotheses by examining the predicted and actual behavior of students in CS1/2. Course performance improvements were observed, which also strongly influence retention in computing-related courses. The measures also point to further research directions, such as social influences and the impact of peer tutoring relative to office hours or online forums.

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Tutoring for retention

Cottam

Menzel

Greenblatt

2011

Proceedings of the 42nd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education

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“…Educators investigate factors for the declining interest of women in IT careers [13] and specifically in CS [23]. CS educators experiment with practical methods to boost women's interest in CS [22].…”

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Freedom of choice as motivational factor for active learning

RadenskiAtanas

2009

SIGCSE Bull.

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Freedom to choose what, when, and how to contribute in a learning process can motivate students to actively engage and achieve more in their studies. However, freedom of choice complicates course management and may deter instructors from allowing such freedom. Our approach is to utilize existing functionality of course management systems such as Moodle to automatically facilitate and coordinate free student choices and provide much needed relief for instructors at the same time. Using Moodle we have developed novel digital study packs that blend freedom of choice with guidance and control. Our survey shows that assisted freedom of choice is ranked highest in 51% of student responses -in contrast to unlimited choice at 28% or no choice at all at 21%. Experience reported in this paper may be beneficial for instructors who would like to expand their courses with new motivational learning techniques.

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“…Secondly, the organizers developed a joint (successful) proposal to CRA-W for funding a regional Distinguished Lecturer Series (DLS) and cooperated in writing successful proposals for a SIGCSE workshop, a SIGCSE paper, and a Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing Birds-of-a-Feather. Finally, several members of the team collaborate in a Computer Science I recruiting project [15].…”

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Grace hopper visits the neighborhood

Townsend

Barker²,

Menzel

et al. 2008

Proceedings of the 39th SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education

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This paper highlights several viewpoints concerning a small regional conference for women in computing, which is modeled after the successful and well-known Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing. The viewpoints include rationale for the conference, descriptions of the celebration that provide a snapshot which captures the ease of organizing a similar event at other regional sites, additional sources for finding complete information (including a detailed how-to manual) and an account of the assessment of two recent regional celebrations performed by senior researchers at the National Center of Women and Information Technology (NCWIT).

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Leveling the CS1 playing field

Cited by 8 publications

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Tutoring for retention

Tutoring for retention

Freedom of choice as motivational factor for active learning

Grace hopper visits the neighborhood

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