Promoting undergraduate research

Quade, Ann M.

doi:10.1145/1007996.1008064

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“…SIGCSE '15, March 4-7, 2015 work of core and specific skills for reasoning about computing research methods. Some instructors and institutions teach these skills in stand-alone courses offering instruction on various combinations of assessing literature, formulating research questions, preparing formal proposals, designing experiments, analyzing statistics, and communicating results [37,11,35,28,32,15,19].…”

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Teaching Computing as Science in a Research Experience

Weinman

Jensen

Lopatto

2015

Proceedings of the 46th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education

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Many instructors and institutions offer research experiences and training in computing research methods. However, in a national survey, we find that undergraduate students rate their computing research experiences lower than students in other STEM fields. To address this learning gap, we have offered summer undergraduate research experiences in computing that include not only instruction in the important mechanics of research but also grounding in a philosophy of computing science that emphasizes generalized explanation of behavior as a means for control and prediction. After five years, survey results indicate the experience helps close the gap between CS and other STEM fields in benefits gained.

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Teaching Computing as Science in a Research Experience

Weinman

Jensen

Lopatto

2015

Proceedings of the 46th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education

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Learning strategies and undergraduate research

Polack-Wahl

Anewalt

2006

Proceedings of the 37th SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education

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Learning strategies and undergraduate research

Polack-Wahl

Anewalt

2006

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Undergraduate students often lack the skills necessary to conduct independent research. In order to improve students' skills in research, the Computer Science department at the University of Mary Washington has designed and offered a course in research methods. The course teaches students about learning strategies that they can apply across the computing discipline and beyond. This paper describes the process that was used to create a new research methods course, the details related to the first offering of the course, and findings on how the course changed students' perception of research.

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Promoting undergraduate research

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Teaching Computing as Science in a Research Experience

Teaching Computing as Science in a Research Experience

Learning strategies and undergraduate research

Learning strategies and undergraduate research

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