• DocumentCode
    197292
  • Title

    Rationale of students´ failure in comprehending theoretical computer science courses

  • Author

    Qureshi, Muhammad Aasim ; Hassan, Mohd Fadzil ; Sammi, Rabia

  • Author_Institution
    Comput. & Inf. Sci. Dept., Univ. Teknol. Petronas, Tronoh, Malaysia
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    3-5 June 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    5
  • Abstract
    Being a good IT solution provider one require good programming background. For a good programmer one need to have a solid back ground of algorithms i.e. theoretical aspects of the computer science. Most of the students of computer science do not understand the importance and do not give proper attention to Theoretical Computer Science (TCS) courses. As a result perform bad in these specialized courses. Intention of this research is to find the reasons of students´ failure in grasping the subject matter in the light of the feedback of currently studying students as well as well experienced teachers and professionals. The study resulted in a set of suggestions including the usage of better simulation tools, better environment, visualization, etc.
  • Keywords
    computer science education; educational courses; TCS courses; simulation tools; student failure rationale; theoretical computer science course comprehension; visualization; Abstracts; Algorithm design and analysis; Complexity theory; Education; Materials; Programming; Algorithms Analysis; Computer Science; Learning; Survey; Teaching; Theoretical Computer Science;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Computer and Information Sciences (ICCOINS), 2014 International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Kuala Lumpur
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4799-4391-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICCOINS.2014.6868436
  • Filename
    6868436