It’s not them, it’s us! Why computer science fails to impress many first years

Hoda, Rashina; Andreae, P

dc.contributor.author	Hoda, Rashina	en
dc.contributor.author	Andreae, P	en
dc.coverage.spatial	Auckland, New Zealand	en
dc.date.accessioned	2018-06-07T03:18:31Z	en
dc.date.issued	2014	en
dc.identifier.citation	Proceedings of the Sixteenth Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE 2014). Australian Computer Society, Inc., Australia. 148: 159-162. 2014	en
dc.identifier.isbn	978-1-921770-31-9	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2292/37225	en
dc.description.abstract	High attrition and failure in first year computer science and software engineering courses has often been linked to the personal traits and skills of students -- dividing the world into those that "get it" and those "that don't". We present several concrete strategies based on the recently developed Learning Edge Momentum (LEM) theory, which when applied together, were found useful in reducing failure rates. Based on the our experiences, we challenge our current understanding of attrition and failure in first year courses and dare to claim that maybe it's not them, it's us that is the problem.	en
dc.publisher	Australian Computer Society, Inc.	en
dc.relation.ispartof	ACE 2014: Sixteenth Australasian Computing Education Conference	en
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Proceedings of the Sixteenth Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE 2014)	en
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dc.title	It’s not them, it’s us! Why computer science fails to impress many first years	en
dc.type	Conference Item	en
pubs.begin-page	159	en
pubs.volume	148	en
dc.rights.holder	Copyright: Australian Computer Society, Inc.	en
pubs.author-url	https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2667509	en
pubs.end-page	162	en
pubs.finish-date	2014-01-23	en
pubs.place-of-publication	Australia	en
pubs.start-date	2014-01-20	en
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pubs.subtype	Proceedings	en
pubs.elements-id	538139	en
pubs.org-id	Engineering	en
pubs.org-id	Department of Electrical, Computer and Software Engineering	en
pubs.record-created-at-source-date	2016-08-06	en