Why don't some CS0 students succeed? How important are background, experience, culture, aptitude, habits and attitude?

Daniel D. Garcia, Colleen Lewis, Stuart Reges, Nathan Ensmenger

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Abstract

There are always some students who succeed and some students who don't. Our four panelists are committed to the success of all students, but have different explanations for students' lack of success. This panel discussion will highlight both their shared beliefs and disagreements between veteran CS educators Stuart Reges and Dan Garcia, CS education researcher Colleen Lewis, and Professor of History and Philosophy of Science Nathan Ensmenger. We hope this lively discussion will bring together divergent and complementary positions and expertise, as well as invite significant audience participation.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationSIGCSE 2016 - Proceedings of the 47th ACM Technical Symposium on Computing Science Education
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery
Pages317-318
Number of pages2
ISBN (Electronic)9781450338561
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 17 2016
Externally publishedYes
Event47th ACM Technical Symposium on Computing Science Education, SIGCSE 2016 - Memphis, United States
Duration: Mar 2 2016Mar 5 2016

Publication series

NameSIGCSE 2016 - Proceedings of the 47th ACM Technical Symposium on Computing Science Education

Other

Other47th ACM Technical Symposium on Computing Science Education, SIGCSE 2016
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityMemphis
Period3/2/163/5/16

Keywords

  • Computer science education
  • Hidden prerequisites
  • Litmus test

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Computer Science
  • Education

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