Week

Date

Topic

Readings

1

4/01

Introductions

2

4/08

SIGCSE 2021 Postmortem

3

4/15

Animation in CS Education

David H. Smith, Qiang Hao, Christopher D. Hundhausen, Filip Jagodzinski, Josh Myers-Dean, and Kira Jaeger. 2021. Towards Modeling Student Engagement with Interactive Computing Textbooks: An Empirical Study. SIGCSE ‘21, 914–920. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1145/3408877.3432361 

Mohammed F. Farghally, Kyu Han Koh, Hossameldin Shahin, and Clifford A. Shaffer. 2017. Evaluating the Effectiveness of Algorithm Analysis Visualizations. In SIGCSE '17, 201–206. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1145/3017680.3017698 

Joel C. Adams, Elizabeth R. Koning, and Christiaan D. Hazlett. 2019. Visualizing Classic Synchronization Problems: Dining Philosophers, Producers-Consumers, and Readers-Writers.SIGCSE '19, 934–940. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1145/3287324.3287467

Simon Su, Edward Zhang, Paul Denny, and Nasser Giacaman. 2021. A Game-Based Approach for Teaching Algorithms and Data Structures using Visualizations. SIGCSE ‘21, 1128–1134. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1145/3408877.3432520 

4

4/22

Nell O’Rourke (Northwestern) - Self-Efficacy in CS1

Jamie Gorson and Eleanor O'Rourke. 2020. Why do CS1 Students Think They're Bad at Programming? Investigating Self-efficacy and Self-assessments at Three Universities. (ICER '20), 170–181. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1145/3372782.3406273

5

4/29

-- Cancelled: Quiet Week --

6

5/06

Measuring Changes in the Classroom

Adrian Salguero, Julian McAuley, Beth Simon, and Leo Porter. 2020. A Longitudinal Evaluation of a Best Practices CS1. (ICER '20), 182–193. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1145/3372782.3406274

Geoffrey L. Herman, Zhouxiang Cai, Timothy Bretl, Craig Zilles, and Matthew West. 2020. Comparison of Grade Replacement and Weighted Averages for Second-Chance Exams. (ICER '20), 56–66. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1145/3372782.3406260

7

5/13

POGIL

Aman Yadav, Chris Mayfield, Sukanya Kannan Moudgalya, Clif Kussmaul, and Helen H. Hu. 2021. Collaborative Learning, Self-Efficacy, and Student Performance in CS1 POGIL.  (SIGCSE '21), 775–781. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1145/3408877.3432373

Sukanya Kannan Moudgalya, Chris Mayfield, Aman Yadav, Helen H. Hu, and Clif Kussmaul. 2021. Measuring Students' Sense of Belonging in Introductory CS Courses. (SIGCSE '21), 445–451. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1145/3408877.3432425

Aman Yadav, Clif Kussmaul, Chris Mayfield, and Helen H. Hu. 2019. POGIL in Computer Science: Faculty Motivation and Challenges (SIGCSE '19), 280–285. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1145/3287324.3287360

8

5/20

Reflections on our year+ on-line: on-line practices we might carry over into in-person

9

5/27

Kristen Shinohara (RIT) & Matt Huenerfauth (RIT) - Accessibility in CS Education

Qiwen Zhao, Vaishnavi Mande, Paula Conn, Sedeeq Al-khazraji, Kristen Shinohara, Stephanie Ludi, and Matt Huenerfauth. 2020. “Comparison of Methods for Teaching Accessibility in University Computing Courses.” (ASSETS '20), 1–12. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3373625.3417013 

Paula Conn, Taylor Gotfrid, Qiwen Zhao, Rachel Celestine, Vaishnavi Manish Mande, Kristen Shinohara, Stephanie Ludi, Matt Huenerfauth. 2020. “Understanding the Motivations of Final-Year Computing Undergraduates for Considering Accessibility.” ACM Transactions on Computing Education 20, 2, Article 15 (May 2020), 22 pages. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3381911

10

6/03

RESPECT 2021 conference