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Fostering Engagement and Creativity through Programming: The Beauty and Joy of Computing in a First-year Engineering class | IEEE Conference Publication | IEEE Xplore

Fostering Engagement and Creativity through Programming: The Beauty and Joy of Computing in a First-year Engineering class


Abstract:

There is a growing interest in learning computer programming even among students from majors other than computer science (CS). Many universities offer a common Introducti...Show More

Abstract:

There is a growing interest in learning computer programming even among students from majors other than computer science (CS). Many universities offer a common Introduction to Programming (CS1) course, but this approach is usually detrimental to those who are not pursuing a CS major. This article is an experience report that summarizes the results of adapting and implementing the course "The Beauty and Joy of Computing" (BJC) in an Engineering in Product Design first-year class, a group that showed below-average performance in the past. BJC is a course for undergraduate non-CS majors at UC Berkeley, designed to broaden student participation in Computer Science. After a fully online semester of BJC at UTFSM, students showed greater responsibility and commitment when compared to previous cohorts. They also reported greater satisfaction with programming while having a lower attrition rate and comparable final grades to students in the regular CS1 class.
Date of Conference: 16-20 November 2020
Date Added to IEEE Xplore: 09 December 2020
ISBN Information:
Print on Demand(PoD) ISSN: 1522-4902
Conference Location: Coquimbo, Chile

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