Study Behavior in Computing Education—A Systematic Literature Review

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 that how students study is crucial to their learning progress, and study behaviors have been found to play an important role in students’ academic success. This article presents the main results of a systematic literature review intended to determine what we know about the study behaviors of computing students and the role of educational design in shaping them. A taxonomy of study behaviors was developed and used to clarify and classify the definitions of study behavior, process, strategies, habits, and tactics as well as to identify their relationship to the educational context. The literature search resulted in 107 included papers, which were analyzed according to defined criteria and variables. The review of study behavior terminology found that the same terms are used to describe substantially different study behaviors, and the lack of standard terminology makes it difficult to compare findings from different papers. Furthermore, it was more common for papers to use study behaviors to explain other aspects of students rather than exploring and understanding them. Additionally, the results revealed a tendency to focus on specific educational contexts, predominantly introductory programming courses. Although computing education as a field is well equipped to expand the knowledge about both study behaviors and their connection to the educational context, the lack of common terminology and theories limits the impact. The taxonomy of study behaviors in computing education proposed in this article can contribute to contextualizing the research in such a way that researchers and educators across institutional borders can compare and utilize results. Last, the article outlines some areas for future research and recommendations for practice.

‘When most I wink, then’ – what? Assessing the comprehension of literary texts in university students of English as a second language

This article introduces a test for literary text comprehension in university students of English as a second language. Poetry is especially suited for our purpose since it frequently shows features that offer challenges to comprehension in a limited space. An example is Shakespeare’s Sonnet 43, on which our test is based: it is suited for assessing not only if a text has been understood but also the ability of respondents to reflect on their own comprehension skills. We show that the test’s psychometric properties are satisfactory, and we demonstrate its validity by analysing relevant external indicators. Thus, we can show a direct link between general reading experience and text comprehension as tested: the more students read, the better do they perform. The collaboration of literary studies with psychometrics moreover allows for a statistically valid identification of specific challenges to comprehension and thus advance our knowledge of what readers find difficult. This will be of interest not only in a hermeneutic and linguistic perspective but also with a view to addressing those difficulties in an educational context. For example, asking someone whether they have understood an utterance (in this case: a line of poetry) does not elicit reliable answers. Being able to say how one has established the meaning of a line seems to be a more reliable indicator of actually having understood it.

The creation of a nudging protocol to support online student engagement in higher education

Combining nudge theory with learning analytics, ‘nudge analytics’, is a relatively recent phenomenon in the educational context. Used, for example, to address such issues as concerns with student (dis)engagement, nudging students to take certain action or to change a behaviour towards active learning, can make a difference. However, knowing who to nudge, how to nudge or when to nudge can be a challenge. Providing students with strategic, sensitive nudges that help to move them forward is almost an art form. It requires not only technical skills to use appropriate software and interpret data, but careful consideration of what to say and how to say it. In this article a nudge protocol is presented that can be used in online courses to encourage student engagement with key course resources that are integral to supporting their learning.

The Use of the Escape Room as a Methodology for the Development of Professional Skills in the Training of Future Teachers

Faced with the new educational context that is emerging at this time in history, marked by a global pandemic, the learning and application of active methodologies where the teacher is not the only active agent in socio-educational activities is becoming key. Given this novel context, this chapter tries to outline how an escape room can be used as a strategy in the training of future teachers for the development of socio-emotional, sustainable, and multi-intelligence approaches, all currently necessary and essential elements of the professional development of this new generation of teachers in training. There is no doubt that the experience described in this chapter shows the applicability of these types of active methodologies in the classroom, since as defended in the document, it not only favours the motivation of students, but also the acquisition of certain skills and abilities, as well as the consolidation of theoretical content linked to the subject in which it is applied, thus favouring their future application when they become practising teachers.

Hybrid Filtering Recommendation System in an Educational Context

In education, the needs of learners are different in the majority of the time, as each has specificities in terms of preferences, performance and goals. Recommendation systems have proven to be an effective way to ensure this learning personalization. Already used and tested in other areas such as e-commerce, their adaptation to the educational context has led to several research studies that have tried to find the best approaches with the best expected results. This article suggests that a hybridization of recommendation systems filtering methods can improve the quality of recommendations. An experiment was conducted to test an approach that combines content-based filtering and collaborative filtering. The results proved to be convincing.

Active Methodologies in Education for Sustainability and Development of Action Skills

This chapter revolves around the value and relevance of the use of active methodologies in education for sustainability, focusing especially on non-university levels of education. It begins with a conceptualization of active methodologies and exposes what are the most used, recognized, and best valued active methodological tools among teachers. It also reviews the origins of these methodological tools, their evolution, their potentialities and limitations, and the demands that arise in the educational context in view of the need to find a solution from the educational spheres to environmental problems. This chapter analyzes the actual use made of these methodologies in educational centers and finds a justification in the advances that neuroeducation and constructivism have contributed to the educational field in recent decades.

An Awareness of the Young Generation on Social Media

New technologies and the digitalization process affect both social and economic structures, and this affects culture. Digital citizenship which arises from an educational context now has a major scope in digital culture as the online presence of individuals increase. In this context, the study's purpose is to reveal the awareness of the young generation, with the premise that awareness is a condition to be a digital citizen, about the digital world they live in. For this purpose, the study takes the top four social media in Turkey and follows up the awareness on data and service agreements. A survey is conducted, and the results show that the awareness levels are mostly similar but vary according to the main point of the issue.

Artificial intelligence: a new educational challenge

Rapid development of Artificial Intelligence is influencing most of the human’s domains. It impacts our reality in quantitative and qualitative way. This situation is challenging, also for the educational system – in many aspects. Analysis of this situation in the educational context is important and urgent matter. In the article author is attempting to explain and to structure the problem, pointing out, both chances and the threats, of the phenomenon, focusing on the area of educational content the measures.

Inclusão Escolar: Análise do Processo de Inclusão na Escola Doutor Severino Alves de Sá, Instituição de Ensino Público no Município de Salgueiro-PE / School Inclusion: Analysis of the Inclusion Process at the Doctor Severino Alves de Sá School, Public Education Institution in the Municipality of Salgueiro-PE

Resumo: O presente artigo tem como principal objetivo abordar o processo de inclusão na Escola Doutor Severino Alves de Sá, uma instituição pública de ensino que tem como proposta um ensino inclusivo próprio para atender aos alunos com deficiências que têm seus direitos garantidos por Lei. Sendo que um dos objetivos específicos deste trabalho é fazer uma análise sobre a historicidade do ensino inclusivo, o aspecto inclusivo no contexto educacional, a formação docente na perspectiva escolar e os benefícios da inclusão escolar para os alunos. Já a justificativa vem ao encontro da temática ser bastante quente e sempre está em discussão no meio educacional. O estudo visa ainda uma explanação bibliográfica sobre o tema apontando, inclusão escolar para pessoas com deficiências. Vale salientar que por muito tempo as pessoas com deficiências foram mantidas segregadas e praticamente privadas de convívio social. Apenas a partir do século XX, quando teve início sua desinstitucionalização e sua educação escolar é que se verificou uma melhor aceitação do deficiente. A problemática presente no artigo vem ao encontro de como se dá a prática do ensino inclusivo mediante teórica descrita no PPP. A metodologia utilizada consiste na revisão bibliográfica sobre o tema e no estudo do Projeto Político Pedagógico (PPP) da referida instituição de ensino. O principal resultado encontrado é que a escola embora tenha como proposta o ensino inclusivo, é perceptível que esse objetivo ainda está em implementação na instituição. Palavras-chave: Inclusão; Deficiência; Escola; Família; Sociedade. Abstract: The main aim of this article is to address the inclusion process at Escola Doutor Severino Alves de Sá, a public educational institution that proposes an inclusive education to serve students with disabilities who have their rights guaranteed by law. One of the specific objectives of this work is to carry out an analysis of the historicity of inclusive education, the inclusive aspect in the educational context, teacher education from a school perspective and the benefits of school inclusion for students. The justification, on the other hand, is in line with the fact that the theme is quite hot and is always under discussion in the educational environment. The study also aims to provide a bibliographical explanation on the topic, pointing to school inclusion for people with disabilities. It is worth noting that for a long time people with disabilities were kept segregated and practically deprived of social interaction. It was only from the 20th century onwards, when its deinstitutionalization and school education began, that there was a better acceptance of the disabled. The issue present in the article is in line with how the practice of inclusive education takes place through the theoretical described in the PPP. The methodology used consists of a literature review on the topic and the study of the Pedagogical Political Project (PPP) of the aforementioned educational institution. The main result found is that the school, although its proposal is inclusive education, it is noticeable that this objective is still being implemented in the institution.Keywords: Inclusion, Disability, School, Family, Society.