scholarly journals Performance Analysis of Computer Science Students in Programming Learning

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Air Rabelo ◽  
Luiz Claudio Gomes Maia ◽  
Fernando Silva Parreiras
Keyword(s):  
Performance Analysis ◽  
Computer Science ◽  
Research Topic ◽  
Performance Data ◽  
Science Students ◽  
Science Courses ◽  
Computer Science Courses ◽  
Student Failure ◽  
Final Grades ◽  
Academic Year

The difficulties faced by lecturers and students in order to teach and learn programming on computer science courses have been a research topic over the years. The hardship to understand the abstract and logic concepts and consequent demotivation has been resulting in high rates of novices' failure and class abandonment. This study adopted statistical concepts to analyze students' final grades in programming subjects and compare their performance. Data were gathered from a computer science course at a Brazilian University. The period analyzed was from 2010 to 2015 including six programming subjects from the first and second academic year. The results pointed a significant number of student failure (43%) and abandonment (25%). It was also discovered that even with different teachers, semesters and programming subjects, the students' performance mean were nearly equal. The discoveries of this work contributed to point the hardship faced by students and teachers to learn and teach programming.

scholarly journals Computer Science Students’ Attitudes Towards the Use of Structured and Unstructured Discussion Forums in Fully Online Courses

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Moanes Hani Tibi
Keyword(s):  
Computer Science ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Discussion Forum ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Colleges Of Education ◽  
Science Students ◽  
Discussion Forums ◽  
Science Courses ◽  
Computer Science Courses ◽  
Students Attitudes

This study aims to investigate and analyze the attitudes and opinions of computer science students at two academic colleges of Education with regards to the use of structured and unstructured discussion forums in computer science courses conducted entirely online. Fifty-two students participated in two online courses. The students in each course were divided into two groups: the experimental group, which participated in the structured discussion forum, and the control group, which participated in the unstructured discussion forum. The questionnaire, which was used for collecting the data, consisted of closed and open-ended questions. The results revealed that the attitudes of students who participated in the structured discussion forum were positive compared to the attitudes of students who participated in the unstructured discussion forum. Based on the results of the study, the researcher suggests some appropriate recommendations.  

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