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Flipped classrooms for remote teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic 2019冠状病毒病大流行期间的远程教学翻转教室

Proceedings of the 9th Computer Science Education Research Conference Pub Date : 2020-10-19 DOI: 10.1145/3442481.3442512

Marcella Veldthuis, H. Alers, Aleksandra Malinowska, Xiao Peng

引用次数: 5

Towards a better understanding of students in the entry phase of their studies 为了更好地了解学生在他们学习的入门阶段

Proceedings of the 9th Computer Science Education Research Conference Pub Date : 2020-10-19 DOI: 10.1145/3442481.3442499

Maik Benndorf, Gabriel Kind, Hanna Siewerts, F. Heinke, Uwe Schneider

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引用次数: 0

On the cognitive development of the novice programmer: and the development of a computing education researcher 论新手程序员的认知发展与计算机教育研究者的发展

Proceedings of the 9th Computer Science Education Research Conference Pub Date : 2020-10-19 DOI: 10.1145/3442481.3442498

R. Lister

引用次数: 10

Atelier: an online platform for programming tutorials Atelier:一个编程教程的在线平台

Proceedings of the 9th Computer Science Education Research Conference Pub Date : 2020-10-19 DOI: 10.1145/3442481.3442511

A. Fehnker, A. Mader, Arthur Rump, M. Rutgers, Lotte Steenmeijer, Chris Witteveen

引用次数: 0

Hello world!: code responsibly: why cyber is a game changer for computer science education 你好世界!:负责任的代码:为什么网络是计算机科学教育的游戏规则改变者

Proceedings of the 9th Computer Science Education Research Conference Pub Date : 2020-10-19 DOI: 10.1145/3442481.3442482

Blair Taylor

引用次数: 0

Teaching strategies in software engineering towards industry interview preparedness 面向行业面试准备的软件工程教学策略

Proceedings of the 9th Computer Science Education Research Conference Pub Date : 2020-10-19 DOI: 10.1145/3442481.3442500

W. G. Johnson, Rajshekhar Sunderraman, A. Bourgeois

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引用次数: 1

Analyzing the influence of block highlighting on beginning programmers' reading behavior using eye tracking 用眼动追踪分析方块高亮对初级程序员阅读行为的影响

Proceedings of the 9th Computer Science Education Research Conference Pub Date : 2020-10-19 DOI: 10.1145/3442481.3442505

Renske Talsma, E. Barendsen, S. Smetsers

{"title":"Analyzing the influence of block highlighting on beginning programmers' reading behavior using eye tracking","authors":"Renske Talsma, E. Barendsen, S. Smetsers","doi":"10.1145/3442481.3442505","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3442481.3442505","url":null,"abstract":"To improve programming education, it is worthwhile to investigate how understanding of source code takes place. Reading is a foundational skill essential to tracing, debugging and understanding code. As readers' working memory is limited, their proficiency strongly relies on the ability to chunk and organize source code material. There are several alternative visual representations aiming to facilitate code reading, of which syntax highlighting is the most common. We hypothesized that highlighting code blocks in the style of the language Stride would scaffold students' reading process more effectively. In this exploraratory study, the code reading behavior of seven students was investigated in the context of a code comprehension task using eye tracking, stimulated Retrospective Think Aloud and interviews. The tasks were either presented using plain code, with standard syntax highlighting or with block highlighting. We found no significant differences in the students' comprehension scores. Their reading patterns, however, turned out to be strongly affected by the highlighting conditions. Remarkably, this effect appears to be subconscious, as participants consistently claimed to not have been influenced by the block highlighting. This also implies that in order to study code reading behavior and comprehension, participant reports alone are not sufficient. An approach combining objective data, such as that of eye tracking, combined with classic stimulated retrospective think aloud sessions is needed to paint the full picture.","PeriodicalId":262503,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 9th Computer Science Education Research Conference","volume":"41 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121711557","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 3

Learning lab "digital technologies" keeps distance 学习实验室“数字技术”保持距离

Proceedings of the 9th Computer Science Education Research Conference Pub Date : 2020-10-19 DOI: 10.1145/3442481.3442506

H. Günzel, Lars Brehm, Andreas Humpe

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引用次数: 3

Computing students' views on ethics 计算机专业学生的道德观

Proceedings of the 9th Computer Science Education Research Conference Pub Date : 2020-10-19 DOI: 10.1145/3442481.3442502

Janet Liebenberg, Trudie Benadé

{"title":"Computing students' views on ethics","authors":"Janet Liebenberg, Trudie Benadé","doi":"10.1145/3442481.3442502","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3442481.3442502","url":null,"abstract":"Computer ethics is a pressing matter and today's students are evidently at-risk when they are confronted with ethical decisions since they may not possess the necessary knowledge and awareness to discern and make the right decisions. The primary aim of this study was to gain insight into computing students' attitudes, perceptions and understanding of relevant ethical issues. This quantitative study was conducted over six years (2014 -- 2019) at a university in South Africa and a total of 3571 first-year computing students participated in the study by completing the questionnaire. Results indicated that the majority of the students believe that it is unethical to download copyrighted content but some students still admitted to often downloading copyrighted content and music. Furthermore, these first-year computing students do not all consider the misrepresentation of online identities as unethical and they present a neutral attitude towards the copying of the university's copyrighted software. Additionally, results indicated that there were no significant differences in participants' computer ethics views based on gender, academic performance or years. The paper concludes with some recommendations regarding information security and ethics at universities and IS departments.","PeriodicalId":262503,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 9th Computer Science Education Research Conference","volume":"57 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116203453","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 1

First year students' imagination of future employment: identity as an important employability aspect 一年级学生对未来就业的想象:认同是重要的就业能力方面

Proceedings of the 9th Computer Science Education Research Conference Pub Date : 2020-10-19 DOI: 10.1145/3442481.3442501

G. Lundberg, Ingunn Johanne Ness

{"title":"First year students' imagination of future employment: identity as an important employability aspect","authors":"G. Lundberg, Ingunn Johanne Ness","doi":"10.1145/3442481.3442501","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3442481.3442501","url":null,"abstract":"One of the main goals of Higher Education is to make students employable. Employability is known as skills, knowledge, and personal attributes a person should possess to become employed. In this article, we use the processual perspective on employability, which emphasizes identity formation. We argue that employability includes the student's ability to imagine their future work and employment possibilities and see themselves as part of a computer science profession. We use sociocultural theory as an analytical framework and have found the concept of imagination to be fruitful in shedding light on how first-year students imagine their future job. Through eight qualitative interviews with first-year cybersecurity students, we found that students had difficulties imagining their future dream job. We find that the students had not developed a computer science identity, even though the study program has some focus on identity formation through teaching discipline relevant courses from the first semester. In addition, companies visit the school and present their interests, and finally, some of the courses offer real-world scenarios for the students to engage in. The study implies that it is important that the study program pays particular attention to identity formation for the students and that enough time is spent on giving the students information about future employment possibilities.","PeriodicalId":262503,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 9th Computer Science Education Research Conference","volume":"60 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131245123","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 4