In the Caribbean, Information Technology (IT) students have generally performed poorly on the problem solving and programming areas of the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) Examinations (CSEC Reports, 2015 & 2017) which may have resulted ...

The use of video recording in the classroom has the potential to improve pre- and in-service teacher practice. This poster explores the use of video as a virtual-visit and professional development tool for computer science educators at the high school ...

An estimated 35% of high school principals across the U.S. report teaching computer science (CS) at their schools, according to a 2018 code.org access report. Meanwhile, a growing number of organizations have missions of providing computer science to ...

Computational thinking and scientific modeling are essential STEM education practices, and visual block-based programming interfaces offer new opportunities to make coding accessible in elementary school science. The EcoMOD research project blends ...

We introduced a model of activity-based active learning class which has been practiced for a few years in [4]. While it may seem an easy task, designing an effective activity-based active learning can be quite challenging. Active learning adds new ...

The dearth of women and people of color in the field of computer science is a well-documented phenomenon. Following Obama's 2016 declaration of the need for a nationwide CS for All movement in the US, educators, school districts, states and the US-based ...

Computer science education research has primarily focused on teacher and student outcomes. Both teachers and students move through educational systems that have both direct and indirect effects on equity, quality, and implementation. Prior research has ...

Cooperative programmes are principally partnerships between academia and industry to deliver education partly on campus and partly in the workplace. Mentors in the workplace are crucial in such cooperative programmes as they scaffold appropriate ...

Prior studies suggest that novice programmers approach problems by retrieving previously-learned plans. These plans can be high-level (encompassing decomposition and composition of tasks) or low-level (focused mainly on code). What happens when novices ...

Several institutions have recently introduced Introduction to Data Science courses that involve a substantial programming component and do not require CS1 as a prerequisite. Programming and computational thinking are central to the emerging discipline ...

In 2002, Jane Margolis and Allan Fisher's research presented computer science (CS) education as a clubhouse for males that resulted in females being left out of the CS loop [1]. The researchers identified several influences contributing to a gender gap ...

The purpose of this presentation is to report K-5 pre-service teachers' perceptions, concerns, and interest in computer science (CS) education. To help pre-service teachers prepare for the new Alabama technology Standards, CS education activities and ...

In this study, we report the curriculum of a programming course case study of senior citizens jointly implemented by the university and a local government in Japan. The objective of the course is to offer high-quality lifelong learning opportunities for ...

This study considers whether the Swift language can be used as a first language for teaching introductory programming. Our department targets the creation of digital contents and media studies. Students are concerned with both digital media contents and ...

This session announces the six best papers from the first five ICER conferences, as chosen by a committee of former and current ICER chairs. It explains how these papers were selected, and for each paper gives its abstract, and comments from the ...

Research into intelligent programming systems has lead to numerous means of providing help to students during programming tasks but not in generating the right problem for students to work through. My work will be in developing and analyzing a ...

Machine Learning-powered technologies are becoming ubiquitous. ML is a powerful tool for people to leverage when building systems and conducting explorations, and can enable people to build personally customizable systems. However, this technology ...

Non-programmers, in particular, those who identify as female or gender-diverse, experience many factors that hinder their ultimate interest, participation, and success in programming. Prior work has delved into the problem of underrepresentation in STEM ...

Passive learning environment to teach programming concepts, especially in large lecture classes hinders students' motivation, performance and may adversely affect their achievement goals. The study presents the use of two instructional strategies ...