The funnel that grew our cis major in the cs desert

Pearce, Janice L.; Nakazawa, Mario

doi:10.1145/1352135.1352304

Cited by 17 publications

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“…Innovative course development. Educators develop courses that involve game development, virtual reality, multimedia, robotics, and the web [1, 3, and 8]; inter-disciplinary courses [10]; introductory courses that make programming easier to master [18]; introductory courses or course modules that do not involve programming at all [6]; course clusters that provide multiple-entry points in computerrelated majors [16] -and many others.…”

Section: Rationalementioning

confidence: 99%

Freedom of choice as motivational factor for active learning

Radenski

2009

Proceedings of the 14th Annual ACM SIGCSE Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education

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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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Section: Rationalementioning

confidence: 99%

Freedom of choice as motivational factor for active learning

Radenski

2009

Proceedings of the 14th Annual ACM SIGCSE Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education

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“…Several approaches have been proposed to reduce these problems, such as curriculum revision , Active Learning strategies , research on retention , technology use in a higher education teaching , and engagement via games . These approaches usually aim to help struggling students perform better and to keep them interested in the classes.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Intensive use of mobile technologies in a computer engineering course

Barbosa

Hahn

Barbosa

et al. 2012

Comp Applic In Engineering

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This article details our experience involving the intensive use of mobile technologies in the pedagogical activities of a Computer Engineering (CE) course. We describe three learning projects in order to illustrate how these activities can impact learning, allowing a stronger engagement of students and creating a dynamic pedagogical approach.© 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Comput Appl Eng Educ 22:686–698, 2014; View this article online at http://wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/cae; DOI

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“…The work most closely related to this study is by Pearce and Nakazawa [11]. They reported the outcome of a "multiple entry point funnel" where students can choose between three entry level courses based on Alice, robotics, or HTML.…”

Section: Related Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

Alice and robotics in introductory CS courses

Wellman

Davis

Anderson

2009

The Fifth Richard Tapia Celebration of Diversity in Computing Conference: Intellect, Initiatives, Insight, and Innovations

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Statistics for underrepresented minority groups and women continue to show low numbers in enrollment and rates of retention in academic computer science programs. A new approach to increase student interest in computer science in a first year program is introduced.Laboratory modules for an introductory programming course have been developed at the University of Alabama with the goal to increase student motivation and understanding of fundamental programming concepts. The course utilizes robots and Alice, a 3D graphical programming environment. The drag and drop interface of Alice allows students to program real robots using instructions that correspond to statements of programming languages such as Java, C++, and C#. Students gain programming experience that is transferable to upper level courses by engaging in a stimulating and less frustrating environment using Alice interfaced with robots.

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The funnel that grew our cis major in the cs desert

Cited by 17 publications

References 5 publications

Freedom of choice as motivational factor for active learning

Freedom of choice as motivational factor for active learning

Intensive use of mobile technologies in a computer engineering course

Alice and robotics in introductory CS courses

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