Contribution: This paper adds to the results of previous systematic literature reviews by
addressing a more contemporary context of introductory programming. It proposes a …

As the field of computing education grows and matures, it has become essential to unite
computing education and higher education research. Educational research has highlighted …

How students are assessed has a powerful effect on their strategies for studying and their
learning. When designing assessments, instructors should consider how different …

Programming assignments are a common form of assessment in introductory courses and
often require substantial work to complete. Students must therefore plan and manage their …

Online tools provide unique access to research students' study habits and problem-solving
behavior. In MOOCs, this online data can be used to inform instructors and to provide …

Teaching programming is much more like teaching a craft skill than it is a purely theoretical
subject. Hence an" apprenticeship" model, where apprentices learn by watching the master …

Background In May 2016 the Royal Society announced it was commissioning a study1,
funded by Google and Microsoft, to understand the challenges faced by educators delivering …

Novice programming is a challenging subject to both the students and the educators. A
novice programmer is required to acquire new knowledge to solve a problem and propose a …

Teachers often preach for their students to start working on assignments early. There is even
a fair amount of scientific evidence that starting early is beneficial for learning. In this work …

The quick technological evolution of the last decades has also reached learning
environments, where the use of networked computing devices such as laptops …