Proceedings of the 2020 ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education最新文献

Applying Pair Programming Practice in the Improvement of Software Design Skills, in an Undergraduate Course 在本科课程中运用结对编程实践提高软件设计技能

Proceedings of the 2020 ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education Pub Date : 2020-06-15 DOI: 10.1145/3341525.3393985

H. Quintana, Billy Grados

引用次数: 2

Creative Choice in Fifth Grade Computing Curriculum 五年级计算机课程的创造性选择

Proceedings of the 2020 ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education Pub Date : 2020-06-15 DOI: 10.1145/3341525.3387405

Kirsten Mork, J. Wilcox, Zoë J. Wood

引用次数: 1

Automated Assessment of Android Exercises with Cloud-native Technologies Android练习与云原生技术的自动评估

Proceedings of the 2020 ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education Pub Date : 2020-06-15 DOI: 10.1145/3341525.3387430

Daniel Bruzual, Maria L. Montoya Freire, M. D. Francesco

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引用次数: 7

Problem Solving and Creativity: Complementing Programming Education with Robotics 解决问题和创造力:用机器人技术补充编程教育

Proceedings of the 2020 ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education Pub Date : 2020-06-15 DOI: 10.1145/3341525.3387420

D. Komm, Adrian Regez, Urs Hauser, M. Gassner, Pascal Lütscher, Rico Puchegger, Tobias Kohn

{"title":"Problem Solving and Creativity: Complementing Programming Education with Robotics","authors":"D. Komm, Adrian Regez, Urs Hauser, M. Gassner, Pascal Lütscher, Rico Puchegger, Tobias Kohn","doi":"10.1145/3341525.3387420","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3341525.3387420","url":null,"abstract":"With its direct feedback and the tangible machine, robotics is a strong motivator for engaging students in STEM fields, as evidenced by the popularity of competitions and events such as FIRST and Robo Games. However, in the context of K-12 computer science education, the potential of robotics seems as yet hardly tapped into. In an attempt to bridge the gap, we designed a Python library for robotics with Lego's EV3 robots to complement programming classes. We employed our library to teach secondary school students as part of an outreach activity. Our approach is built around open-ended tasks instead of narrow exercise statements. Although our activity was based on the EV3 Space Challenge Set, we encouraged the students at any time to pursue their own ideas and even their own challenges. While students had little problems in using Python to program their robots, we still found a series of misconceptions and observed that female students were more interested in following their own creative projects than in solving given challenges.","PeriodicalId":422384,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 2020 ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134211172","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: 5

The Use of DJing Tasks as a Pedagogical Bridge to Learning Data Structures 使用DJing任务作为学习数据结构的教学桥梁

Proceedings of the 2020 ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education Pub Date : 2020-06-15 DOI: 10.1145/3341525.3387427

David James

{"title":"The Use of DJing Tasks as a Pedagogical Bridge to Learning Data Structures","authors":"David James","doi":"10.1145/3341525.3387427","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3341525.3387427","url":null,"abstract":"Computing is a field that needs to make more strides to have workforce that matches the racial and ethnic diversity found in the population of the United States. The author of the study aims to address this problem, by using course materials that incorporate the culture of students taking computer science courses. Geneva Gay [5] mentions in her theory of culturally responsive pedagogy that it's critical for instructors to embed the students' culture in their course materials, so students can use their own experiences to understand concepts. The study explores how DJing tasks (such as creating, editing and iterating through playlists) can be used to teach students about data structures. Participants in the study were drawn from a convenience sample in a 15-week sophomore course in data structures at a small liberal arts college. 16 of the 24 students fully participated in the study, and all of the respondents were Black women pursuing a major or a minor in computer science. The students were taught with examples that used Black music as a context throughout the course, and were tasked with creating software for a drum machine or a DJ controller as a final project. Study participants were asked via a web survey to compare example problems presented in a music based context to examples they had seen in the course text. Students were also asked to reflect on the experiences they had engaging in the final project.","PeriodicalId":422384,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 2020 ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education","volume":"39 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134614953","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: 8

Towards Self-motivated Learning in Computer Science Education: Results of a Questionnaire Study 计算机科学教育中自我激励学习:一项问卷调查的结果

Proceedings of the 2020 ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education Pub Date : 2020-06-15 DOI: 10.1145/3341525.3387397

C. Werner, Boris Girnat

{"title":"Towards Self-motivated Learning in Computer Science Education: Results of a Questionnaire Study","authors":"C. Werner, Boris Girnat","doi":"10.1145/3341525.3387397","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3341525.3387397","url":null,"abstract":"Self-motivation is known to be a strong predictor for academic achievements over time and therefore it is important to investigate what aspects of computer science foster self-motivated learning. This paper presents a questionnaire study among students of grade 10 and 11 (n = 874) in which their overall interest in computer science studies is related to their intrinsic motivation in practical, theoretical, and technical aspects of this subject. The data analysis shows that the practical aspect is connected to the highest amount of intrinsic motivation. A deeper investigation using linear models, however, reveals that the technical aspect is the core factor influencing the interest in working towards a career as a computer science professional. The theoretical aspect has a lower influence, and the influence of the practical aspect is even negative, when being combined with the two other aspects. Our interpretation of these surprising results is that the technical aspects of computer science are crucial to attract highly self-motivated students for a professional computer science career. However, to address a broader audience of students, it may be advisable to focus on practical aspects in the beginning. Additionally, the authors found significant differences between female and male students and between students that had or had not attended a voluntary computer science course before.","PeriodicalId":422384,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 2020 ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133985118","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: 0

Assessing CS1 Design Skills with a String Manipulation Task 用字符串操作任务评估CS1设计技能

Proceedings of the 2020 ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education Pub Date : 2020-06-15 DOI: 10.1145/3341525.3387382

C. Izu, A. Weerasinghe

引用次数: 1

From a Black Art to a School Subject: Computing Education's Search for Status 从一门黑色艺术到一门学校学科:计算机教育对地位的追求

Proceedings of the 2020 ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education Pub Date : 2020-06-15 DOI: 10.1145/3341525.3394983

M. Tedre

引用次数: 5

Teaching Lab: Training Novice Computer Science Teachers 教学实验室:培养计算机科学新手教师

Proceedings of the 2020 ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education Pub Date : 2020-06-15 DOI: 10.1145/3341525.3393967

Martin Ukrop, Valdemar Švábenský, Imrich Nagy

引用次数: 4

Twenty-Four Years of ITiCSE Authors 24年的icticse作者

Proceedings of the 2020 ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education Pub Date : 2020-06-15 DOI: 10.1145/3341525.3387387

Simon

引用次数: 4