An Approach to Developing Competency Models for Programming Courses

Abstract

This work-in-progress paper is focused on the area of innovative practice in computing education. Existing research has found that many students who graduate from software development and computer science programs do so without acquiring all the necessary skills to become an effective professional developer. This paper advocates for implementation of competency-based education to address this competency gap. It does so by presenting a set of methods for developing competency models in practice to assist in the implementation of competency-based education. By providing educators with these recommendations, we hope to offer some tools to help provide students a more effective education and better prepare them for their futures.