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1. Students Designing Software: a Multi-National, Multi-Institutional Study

Author

Josh TENENBERG and Sally FINCHER

Subjects
design, software design, empirical study of design, computer science education research, expert-novice comparison, Special aspects of education, LC8-6691
Abstract

This paper reports a multi-national, multi-institutional study to investigate Computer Science students' understanding of software design and software design criteria. Student participants were recruited from two groups: students early in their degree studies and students completing their Bachelor degrees. Computer Science educators were also recruited as a comparison group. The study, including over 300 participants from 21 institutions in 4 countries, aimed to understand characteristics of student-generated software designs, to investigate student recognition of requirement ambiguities, and to elicit students' valuation of key design criteria. The results indicate that with increases in education, students use fewer textual design notations and more graphical and standardized notations and that they become more aware of ambiguous problem specifications. Yet increased educational attainment has little effect on students' valuation of key design characteristics.

Published
2005
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2. ‘Who do you talk to about your teaching?’: networking activities among university teachers

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Nino Pataraia, Isobel Falconer, Anoush Margaryan, Allison Littlejohn, and Sally Fincher

Subjects
Networks, Interactions, Conversational partners, Higher Education, Academics, Education
Abstract

As the higher education environment changes, there are calls for university teachers to change and enhance their teaching practices to match. Networking practices are known to be deeply implicated in studies of change and diffusion of innovation, yet academics’ networking activities in relation to teaching have been little studied. This paper extends the current limited understanding, building on Roxå and Mårtensson’s work (2009) and extending it from Sweden to the UK and USA. It is based on three separate studies, two from the Share Project led by the University of Kent, and one from Glasgow Caledonian University and explores the composition of personal networks, and the characteristics of interactions in order to understand the networking practices which may support change of teaching practice. We conclude that academics’ personal teaching networks are mainly discipline-specific and strongly localised. This contrasts with the research networks found by Becher and Trowler (2001) and may reduce innovation, although about half the respondents also had external contacts that might support creativity.

Published
2014
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36. Forming Community in Computing Science Education with Research in Practice Project Activities

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Joseph Maguire, Quintin Cutts, Sally Fincher, and Jack Parkinson

Subjects
LB2300, Community building, business.industry, LC, Review process, Entry point, LB, Public relations, business, Spatial skills, Dissemination
Abstract

The United Kingdom and Ireland Computing Education Research (UKICER) conference is emerging as a leading venue to disseminate research contributions to the community. However, it is important the venue continues to act as an entry point for individuals to participant in computing science education research. Consequently, the present proposal is to offer a new form of collaborative, community-forming activity at the UKICER conference called Research in Practice Project Activities (RIPPAs). The first RIPPA is focused on Spatial Skills and Computing Science and will be offered at UKICER 2021.

Published
2021

43. The Cambridge Handbook of Computing Education Research Summarized in 75 minutes

Author

Michael C. Loui, Thomas Lancaster, Leo Porter, Sally Fincher, Adam S. Carter, Michael S. Horn, Sepehr Hejazi Moghadam, Jean J. Ryoo, Mark Guzdial, Paulo Blikstein, R. Benjamin Shapiro, Amy J. Ko, Jan Vahrenhold, Kathi Fisler, Aman Yadav, Patricia Haden, Niral Shah, Kerry Shephard, Tim Bell, Beth Simon, Lauren E. Margulieux, Katrina Falkner, Anthony Robins, Christopher D. Hundhausen, Ian Utting, Mike Tissenbaum, and Colleen M. Lewis

Subjects
World Wide Web, ComputingMilieux_THECOMPUTINGPROFESSION, Computer science, ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATION, Session (computer science)
Abstract

The 32 chapters of the 2019 Cambridge Handbook of Computing Education Research synthesize the existing research in computing education and propose new directions for future research. An author from each chapter will summarize their chapter with auto-advancing slides. Attendees will be introduced to the breadth of content in the new handbook and can identify chapters of interest. This fits uniquely as a special session, and will likely be informative, inspiring, and overwhelming.

Published
2020

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