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Need for study and career counselling in computer science

2009

High drop-out rates among undergraduate students of Computer Science (CS) can be explained by low study motivation. One way to increase students' motivation is to support their professional orientation and identity by various study and career counselling methods. A survey of Finnish CS students' awareness of their career choices and evaluation of undergraduate courses from the viewpoint of professional benefit, as well as an analysis of a group counselling module organized for first-year students, indicate that CS education can be improved not only by intensifying the professional aspects of individual courses, but also by including study and career counselling modules as integrating compon…

Medical educationComputingMilieux_THECOMPUTINGPROFESSIONEngineering professionPedagogyComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATIONIdentity (social science)Programming professionCurriculumIt education2009 39th IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference
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What Did CS Students Recognize as Study Difficulties?

2019

Computing education research shows substantive interest in novice programming challenges. The present study was rather interested in any phenomena that students would recognize as difficulties during their university studies. The research question was what computing students recognized as their study difficulties after the first year of study. An inductive thematic analysis was applied to the students’ personal writing of the difficulties experienced. The main result categories were independence in new environment, academic requirements, lack of prospects, learning to work, and social integration, which were illustrated by multiple lower level themes. The results inform educators of the wid…

Social integrationIntervention (counseling)0502 economics and business05 social sciencesMathematics education050301 educationIndependence (mathematical logic)Thematic analysisPsychology0503 educationProgramming professionResearch question050203 business & management2019 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE)
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