Cooperative learning techniques in CS1: design and experimental evaluation Export

@inproceedings{citeulike:6058217, abstract = {A set of cooperative learning exercises were designed for use in a Java-based CS1 course. The exercises used specific roles to focus students' attention on key concepts of the Java language, and on key mental processes of programming and problem solving. A controlled experiment was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of this approach. The results show that the cooperative learning experience had a significant positive effect on student performance, and may have been of special benefit to women and minority students.}, address = {New York, NY, USA}, author = {Beck, Leland L. and Chizhik, Alexander W. and McElroy, Amy C.}, booktitle = {SIGCSE '05: Proceedings of the 36th SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education}, citeulike-article-id = {6058217}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1047344.1047495}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1047344.1047495}, doi = {10.1145/1047344.1047495}, isbn = {1-58113-997-7}, keywords = {cooperative-learning, pedagogy}, location = {St. Louis, Missouri, USA}, pages = {470--474}, posted-at = {2009-11-03 04:14:10}, priority = {2}, publisher = {ACM}, title = {Cooperative learning techniques in CS1: design and experimental evaluation}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1047344.1047495}, year = {2005} }

TY - CONF ID - citeulike:6058217 L3 - citeulike-article-id:6058217 N2 - A set of cooperative learning exercises were designed for use in a Java-based CS1 course. The exercises used specific roles to focus students' attention on key concepts of the Java language, and on key mental processes of programming and problem solving. A controlled experiment was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of this approach. The results show that the cooperative learning experience had a significant positive effect on student performance, and may have been of special benefit to women and minority students. CY - St. Louis, Missouri, USA SN - 1-58113-997-7 AD - New York, NY, USA EP - 474 TI - Cooperative learning techniques in CS1: design and experimental evaluation PB - ACM T2 - SIGCSE '05: Proceedings of the 36th SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education SP - 470 KW - cooperative-learning KW - pedagogy AU - Beck, Leland AU - Chizhik, Alexander AU - McElroy, Amy PY - 2005/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1047344.1047495 ER -