Introductory programming: a systematic literature review

A Luxton-Reilly, Simon, I Albluwi, BA Becker… - … companion of the 23rd …, 2018 - dl.acm.org
As computing becomes a mainstream discipline embedded in the school curriculum and
acts as an enabler for an increasing range of academic disciplines in higher education, the …

A systematic literature review on teaching and learning introductory programming in higher education

RP Medeiros, GL Ramalho… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Contribution: This paper adds to the results of previous systematic literature reviews by
addressing a more contemporary context of introductory programming. It proposes a …

Predicting academic performance: a systematic literature review

A Hellas, P Ihantola, A Petersen, VV Ajanovski… - … companion of the 23rd …, 2018 - dl.acm.org
The ability to predict student performance in a course or program creates opportunities to
improve educational outcomes. With effective performance prediction approaches …

Revisiting why students drop CS1

A Petersen, M Craig, J Campbell… - Proceedings of the 16th …, 2016 - dl.acm.org
This paper describes a qualitative study of the factors that contribute to a student's decision
to withdraw from CS1. Individual interviews were held with 18 students in a majors-focused …

CS1: how will they do? How can we help? A decade of research and practice

K Quille, S Bergin - Computer Science Education, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Background and Context: Computer Science attrition rates (in the western
world) are very concerning, with a large number of students failing to progress each year. It …

A score prediction approach for optional course recommendation via cross-user-domain collaborative filtering

L Huang, CD Wang, HY Chao, JH Lai, SY Philip - IEEE Access, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Optional course selection is a critical activity for college students due to a large number of
available but unfamiliar optional courses. Improper selection of optional courses would …

All the pieces matter: The relationship of momentary self-efficacy and affective experiences with CS1 achievement and interest in computing

A Lishinski, J Rosenberg - Proceedings of the 17th ACM Conference on …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
There are significant participation gaps in computing, and the way to address these
participation gaps lies not simply in getting students from underrepresented groups into a …

Implicit intelligence beliefs of computer science students: Exploring change across the semester

AE Flanigan, MS Peteranetz, DF Shell… - Contemporary Educational …, 2017 - Elsevier
This study investigated introductory computer science (CS1) students' implicit beliefs of
intelligence. Referencing Dweck and Leggett's (1988) framework for implicit beliefs of …

Behaviors of higher and lower performing students in CS1

SN Liao, S Valstar, K Thai, C Alvarado… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - dl.acm.org
Although recent work in computing has discovered multiple techniques to identify low-
performing students in a course, it is unclear what factors contribute to those students' …

Programming: predicting student success early in CS1. a re-validation and replication study

K Quille, S Bergin - Proceedings of the 23rd annual ACM conference on …, 2018 - dl.acm.org
This paper describes a large, multi-institutional revalidation study conducted in the
academic year 2015-16. Six hundred and ninety-two students participated in this study, from …