Title :
Enhancing student engagement in an introductory programming course
Author :
Pears, Arnold N.
Author_Institution :
IT Dept., Uppsala Univ., Uppsala, Sweden
Abstract :
Adopting a scholarly approach to teaching and learning and the instructional design of tertiary courses has gained increasing popularity in recent years. A programming course case study is used to demonstrate how research results on the teaching and learning of programming, can be used to inform instructional design of an introductory programming course.
Keywords :
computer science education; introductory programming course; student engagement enhancement; teaching; Computer science education; Presses; Programming profession; USA Councils;
Conference_Titel :
Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), 2010 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Washington, DC
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6261-2
Electronic_ISBN :
0190-5848
DOI :
10.1109/FIE.2010.5673334
