Teaching programming to beginners is a complex task. In this article, the effects of three
factors—choice of programming language, problem-solving training, and the use of …

Due to the increased enrollments in Computer Science education programs, institutions
have sought ways to automate and streamline parts of course assessment in order to be …

This Innovative Practice Full Paper describes lessons learned from and operational details
of a full-scale Computer-Based Testing Facility (CBTF) over a period of almost 4 years. The …

Computer programming is a skill of increasing importance in scientific and technological
fields. However, in introductory computer science (CS1) courses in higher education …

Traditional pen and paper exams are inadequate for modern university programming
courses as they are misaligned with pedagogies and learning objectives that target practical …

Programming courses suffer from low retention rates, believed to be caused by difficulties in
learning programming concepts. Another possibility relates to how programming ability is …

The dissertation identifies and discusses impact of a model-based approach to teaching and
learning introductory object-oriented programming both for practitioners and for computer …

Data collected from the learning process of students can be used to improve education in
many ways. Such data can benefit multiple stakeholders of a programming course. Data …

The industrial world has witnessed an increased demand for computing based skills due to
the advent of robotics, artificial intelligence, and analytics. However, the learning of …

In traditional programming courses, students have usually been at least partly graded using
pen and paper exams. One of the problems related to such exams is that they only partially …