Student concerns in introductory programming courses

Angela Carbone; Jason David Ceddia; Simon; Daryl D'Souza; Raina Mason

Student concerns in introductory programming courses

Angela Carbone, Jason David Ceddia, Simon, Daryl D'Souza, Raina Mason

Monash Learning & Teaching

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Abstract

Student evaluations of courses across many Australian universities typically give students the option to comment on the best aspects of a course and those aspects that they believe need improving. Such comments have been collated from students in introductory programming courses at four Australian universities. In this paper we present the results of a thematic analysis to see whether there are common themes to the areas students consider most in need of improvement. We have undertaken this study to gain an understanding of the student concerns in introductory programming courses, in the expectation that a framework could be developed to assist academics with reviewing their courses in subsequent offerings. We have found that at all institutions the main focuses of student comments are the course as a whole and the assessment, although at different universities the comments focus on different aspects of these items.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Computing Educaiton 2013 - Proceedings of the Fifteenth Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE 2013)
Editors	Angela Carbone, Jacqueline Whalley
Place of Publication	Sydney, NSW
Publisher	Australian Computer Society Inc
Pages	41 - 50
Number of pages	10
Volume	136
ISBN (Print)	9781921770210
Publication status	Published - 2013
Event	Australasian Computing Education Conference 2013 - Adelaide, Australia Duration: 29 Jan 2013 → 1 Feb 2013 Conference number: 15th https://dl.acm.org/doi/proceedings/10.5555/2667199 (Proceedings)

Conference

Conference	Australasian Computing Education Conference 2013
Abbreviated title	ACE 2013
Country/Territory	Australia
City	Adelaide
Period	29/01/13 → 1/02/13
Internet address	https://dl.acm.org/doi/proceedings/10.5555/2667199 (Proceedings)

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SDG 4 Quality Education

Keywords

Education quality in ICT
ICT Education
Teaching strategy
Thematic analysis

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Carbone, A, Ceddia, JD, Simon, D'Souza, D & Mason, R 2013, Student concerns in introductory programming courses. in A Carbone & J Whalley (eds), Computing Educaiton 2013 - Proceedings of the Fifteenth Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE 2013). vol. 136, Australian Computer Society Inc, Sydney, NSW, pp. 41 - 50, Australasian Computing Education Conference 2013, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 29/01/13.

Student concerns in introductory programming courses. / Carbone, Angela; Ceddia, Jason David; Simon et al.
Computing Educaiton 2013 - Proceedings of the Fifteenth Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE 2013). ed. / Angela Carbone; Jacqueline Whalley. Vol. 136 Sydney, NSW: Australian Computer Society Inc, 2013. p. 41 - 50.

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