Experiences and Results from three Years of CSE 211 “ Fundamentals of Computing I ”

Author

Scheutz, M.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Eng., Notre Dame Univ.

fYear

2005

fDate

19-22 Oct. 2005

Abstract

In this paper we report results from three offerings of CSE211, the first course in a new first-year CSE sequence as part of the new CSE 2002 undergraduate curriculum at Notre Dame (ND02), which was modeled after the suggestions of the IEEE/ACM Computing Curricula 2001. After describing the unique challenges of ND02, we give an overview of ND02 and the role of CSE211 in it. We then summarize the course topics, organization, and infrastructure and present results from formal teacher and course evaluations and student surveys. These results are statistically analyzed to answer among others questions about the utility of open-source tools and programming environments, the utility of SCHEME as a programming language, and the degree to which students´ should have prior programming experience in order to perform well in the course

Keywords

computer science education; educational courses; educational institutions; CSE 2002 undergraduate curriculum; CSE 211; Fundamentals of Computing I; IEEE/ACM Computing Curricula 2001; Notre Dame University; course evaluations; open-source tools; programming environments; programming language; student surveys; Computer languages; Computer science; Educational institutions; Open source software; Performance analysis; Problem-solving; Programming environments; Programming profession; Statistical analysis; Utility programs; SCHEME; first year computer science course; programming environment;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Frontiers in Education, 2005. FIE '05. Proceedings 35th Annual Conference

Conference_Location

Indianopolis, IN

ISSN

0190-5848

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9077-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FIE.2005.1612176

Filename

1612176