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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Introductory Computing"”.
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Motivating Introductory Computing Students with Pedagogical Datasets
Computing courses struggle to retain introductory students, especially as learner demographics have expanded to include more diverse majors, backgrounds, and career interests. Motivational contexts for these courses must extend beyond short-term interest to empower students and connect to learners' …
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Assessing fundamental introductory computing concept knowledge in a language independent manner
… on student learning. However, the field of computing lacks valid and reliable assessment instruments for pedagogical or research purposes. Without such valid assessments, it is difficult to accurately measure student learning or establish a relationship between the instructional setting and …
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Self-Assessment and Student Improvement in an Introductory Computer Course at the Community College-level
… and expert users at the end of a college-level introductory computing class. This study also determined whether there were differences in improvement scores by gender or age group. The results of this study were used to determine whether there was a difference in improvement scores among the 3 …
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Understanding Common Scratch Programming Idioms and Their Impact on Project Remixing
… its common programming idioms can benefit both computing educators and learners. This understanding can fine-tune the curricular development to help learners master the fundamentals of writing idiomatic code in their programming pursuits. Unfortunately, the research community's understanding of …
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Disdoc: AI Teaching Assistant for Computer Science Courses
… scale. However, prior research primarily targets introductory computing courses, does not fully connect LLMs to course material, and does not expose relevant course material to students. As a result, existing approaches do not adapt well to advanced computing courses and limit opportunities for …
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Automated Identification and Application of Code Refactoring in Scratch to Promote the Culture Quality from the Ground up
… can benefit both novice programmers and introductory computing educators.
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"You Have to Focus on School…You Can't Focus on Getting Paid": A Multi-Study Exploration of Perspectives and Experiences of Engineering Students Who Work
… college students and their understanding of computing identity as it relates to their jobs and coursework in introductory artificial intelligence (AI) courses. Upon analyzing their interviews, I found that working while enrolled in introductory computing courses provides participants with …
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An Exploratory Study of the Remixing Practices in the Scratch Programming Community: Trends, Causalities, and Influences
One of the greatest achievements of Scratch as an educational tool is the eager willingness of programmers to use existing projects as the starting point for their own projects, a practice known as remixing. Despite the importance of remixing as a foundation of collaborative and communal learning, …