Course Information

This is the Education & Technology Group's weekly meeting and research reading seminar. Goals include sampling current research in CS education and educational technology, learning research methods in these areas, and discussing research efforts within the group. This quarter, we preliminarily plan to choose readings from the following conferences and journals:

• ITiCSE 2004
• FIE 2004
• ASEE 2004
• Computer Science Education (journal)
• ASSETS

We'll be meeting on Wednesdays from 1:30 pm to 2:00 pm in CSE 503, with discussion extending to 2:30 occasionally. (An informal meeting for members of the Education & Technology group precedes the seminar.) Attendees should make sure they are on the 590ED mailing list, which has an archive for list members only. Contact Richard Anderson <anderson at cs> or Ken Yasuhara <yasuhara at cs> for more information.

Day	Topic	Session leader	Resources	Notes
29 Sep	(skipped)
06 Oct	introductions, planning	(everyone)	candidate reading list below
13 Oct	Accessible Software for Dyslexics	kate	Dickinson et al. "Ongoing investigation of the ways in which some of the problems encountered by some dyslexics can be alleviated using computer techniques". ASSETS 2000.
20 Oct	Scaffolding Study Technical Report	Tammy	Cause for Alarm? A multi-national, multi-institutional study of student-generated software designs
27 Oct	ICEE highlights	Monica	ICEE agenda
03 Nov	in-class group work	Kate	ITiCSE submission: Team Formation Methods for Increasing Interaction during In-Class Group Work ITiCSE call for participation SIGCSE reviews
10 Nov	abstraction		Hazzan. How Students Attempt to Reduce Abstraction in the Learning of Mathematics and in the Learning of Computer Science. Computer Science Education, 13(2):95-122, 2003 Jun.
17 Nov	intro programming		Burn. Learning from the Experiences of Women and Underrepresented Minorities in a First-Year Programming Course. ICEE 2004. (not to be confused with the ghastly-colored drinks) also available: talk slides
24 Nov	No class - Thanksgiving
01 Dec	conation and retention		Lingard et al. Work in Progress: Using the Kolbe Conative Index for Improving Retention of Computer Science Students. FIE 2004. sample Kolbe inventory report Huitt, 1999. Conation As An Important Factor of Mind.
08 Dec	dyslexia and programming	kate	Powell et al. Dyslexia and Learning Computer Programming, ITALICS (Innovations in Teaching And Learning in Information and Computer Sciences), (on-line journal) 3, 2.

The proposed readings and topics will be replaced or scheduled at the first meeting. Some of these are more teaching practice-oriented and might be appropriate for 590ET.

• Reviewing the canon (Yael)
• International Conference on Engineering Education (Monica)
  • Gibbons et al. Middle School Students' Attitudes To Engineering. ICEE 2004. (talk slides)
  • McLernon & Hughes. Tensions between Research and Teaching in Higher Education. ICEE 2004. (talk slides)
  • Teddy et al. Promoting Mobile and Interactive Learning through the use of MMS Over Wireless LAN. ICEE 2004.
  • Burn. Learning from the Experiences of Women and Underrepresented Minorities in a First-Year Programming Course. ICEE 2004. (talk slides)
• Classroom pedagogy papers related to presentation and exposition (Richard)
• Papers that show that instructor-student interaction is good (Richard)
• Hazzan. How Students Attempt to Reduce Abstraction in the Learning of Mathematics and in the Learning of Computer Science. Computer Science Education, 13(2):95-122, 2003 Jun. (Tammy)
• results from the scaffolding study (Tammy)
• what Kate, Ken, Richard, Craig?, etc. are working on
• Ramalingam et al. Self-efficacy and mental models in learning to program. ITiCSE 2004.
• Hanks, McDowell, et al. Program quality with pair programming in CS1. ITiCSE 2004.
• Mordechai & Jorma. Roles of variables as seen by CS educators. ITiCSE 2004.
• Wang & Cheng. Extending e-books with annotation, online support and assessment mechanisms to increase efficiency of learning. ITiCSE 2004.
• Parkinson et al. Accommodating field-dependence: a cross-over study. ITiCSE 2004.
• Kerren. Generation as method for explorative learning in computer science education. ITiCSE 2004.
• Ginat. Do senior CS students capitalize on recursion?. ITiCSE 2004.
• Ben-Ari, Berglund, et al. Panel abstract: What do we mean by theoretically sound research in computer science education?". ITiCSE 2004.
• Paz & Lapidot. Emergence of automated assignment conceptions in a functional programming course. ITiCSE 2004.
• Rossling et al. Enhancing Classroom Lectures with Digital Sliding Blackboards. ITiCSE 2004.
• Astrachan. Non-Competitive Programming Contest Problems as the Basis for Just-in-time Teaching. FIE 2004.
• Assiter & Karanian. Cognitive, Affective and Social Factors Contributing to the Success in Undergraduate Computer Science and Engineering Education. FIE 2004.
• Henry, Holz, et al. Student Retention and Recruitment in Computer Science Programs. FIE 2004.
• Horton, Anderson, and Milner. Re-examining Closed Laboratories in Computer Science Courses. FIE 2004.
• Feldgen & Clua. Games As A Motivation For Freshman Students To Learn Programming. FIE 2004.
• Lingard et al. Work in Progress: Using the Kolbe Conative Index for Improving Retention of Computer Science Students. FIE 2004.
  • sample Kolbe inventory report
  • Huitt, 1999. Conation As An Important Factor of Mind.
• Lewis et al. A Comprehensive Analysis of Object-Oriented Design: Towards A Measure of Assessing Design Ability. FIE 2004.
• Jenkins & Keim. Gender Trends In Engineering Retention. FIE 2004.
• Baker et al. Developing a method to measure the metacognitive effects of a course on design, engineering and technology over time. ASEE 2004.
• Genalo et al. Piaget and Engineering Education. ASEE 2004.
• Wankat. The Emergence of Engineering Education as a Scholarly Discipline. ASEE 2004.
• Zhang et al. How Science Course Performance Influences Student Retention. ASEE 2004.
• Sheppard et al. (CAEE) Studying the Engineering Student Experience: Design of a Longitudinal Study. ASEE 2004.
• Knight, Carlson, and Sullivan (CU-Boulder). Staying in engineering: Impact of a hands-on, team-based, first-year projects course on student retention. ASEE 2003.
• Dickinson et al. Ongoing investigation of the ways in which some of the problems encountered by some dyslexics can be alleviated using computer techniques. ASSETS 2002.
• Kamel & Landay. Sketching images eyes-free: a grid-based dynamic drawing tool for the blind. ASSETS 2002.
• ask Richard re paper on concept tests and disagreement in group discussion
• R. McCauley et al. A proposal to evaluate the effectiveness of closed laboratories in the computer science curriculum. Journal of Computing in Small Colleges, 19(3), Jan 2004. (McCauley is co-editor-in-chief of Computer Science Education with Fincher, but I don't believe we've read much by her.)

CSE 591ED was recently renumbered and is the continuation of the seminar formerly known as CSE 590ED.