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A First Look at the Year in Computing

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Sebastian Dziallas,

Colin G. Johnson,

Ian UttingAuthors Info & Claims

ITiCSE '17: Proceedings of the 2017 ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education

Pages 275 - 280

https://doi.org/10.1145/3059009.3059049

Published: 28 June 2017 Publication History

Abstract

In this paper, we discuss students' expectations and experiences in the first term of the Year in Computing, a new programme for non-computing majors at the University of Kent, a public research university in the UK. We focus on the effect of students' home discipline on their experiences in the programme and situate this work within the context of wider efforts to make the study of computing accessible to a broader range of students.

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Kapoor AGardner-Mccune C(2022)Categorizing Research on Identity in Undergraduate Computing EducationProceedings of the 22nd Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research10.1145/3564721.3565948(1-13)Online publication date: 17-Nov-2022
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3564721.3565948

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A First Look at the Year in Computing
1. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Computing education
      1. Computing education programs
        Computer science education

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ITiCSE '17: Proceedings of the 2017 ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education

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DOI:10.1145/3059009

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Kapoor AGardner-Mccune C(2022)Categorizing Research on Identity in Undergraduate Computing EducationProceedings of the 22nd Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research10.1145/3564721.3565948(1-13)Online publication date: 17-Nov-2022
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3564721.3565948

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