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Morgan, Michael, Butler, Matthew, Thota, Nina and Sinclair, Jane (2018) How CS academics view student engagement. In: 23rd Annual ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, Larnaca, Cyprus, 2-4 Jul 2018. Published in: Proceedings of the 23rd Annual ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education pp. 284-289. ISBN 9781450357074 . doi:10.1145/3197091.3197092
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1145/3197091.3197092
Abstract
There are several national benchmarks used to measure student engagement, including the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) in the USA and Canada, the Student Experience Survey (SES) in Australia, and the UK Engagement Survey (UKES). For a number of years, the world-wide performance of Computer Science (CS) on these benchmarks and across a range of instruments has been weak and shows little sign of improvement. The weakness of CS ratings is apparent especially when compared to related STEM disciplines that consistently rate more highly on many measures.
In order to understand the nature of the problems that result in our own students rating their engagement with their CS studies so poorly, it is essential to understand the perspectives of CS academics on student engagement in general, and how the nature of the CS discipline and CS students relate to engagement issues. Previous work has suggested that CS academics' views on student engagement differ significantly and that they attempt to address student engagement using a variety of strategies. In this paper, we carry out an in-depth analysis of CS academic perspectives regarding student engagement by analysing 16 interviews conducted with academics from several countries. Since student engagement measures are used by students to make course study decisions, it is important to understand why CS students rate CS courses so poorly and how the views of CS academics feed into this issue.
Item Type: | Conference Item (Paper) | ||||||
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Subjects: | L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB2300 Higher Education Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA76 Electronic computers. Computer science. Computer software |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Computer Science | ||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Computer science -- Study and teaching (Higher) , Motivation in education, Student activities , College student development programs | ||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Proceedings of the 23rd Annual ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education | ||||||
Publisher: | ACM | ||||||
ISBN: | 9781450357074 | ||||||
Official Date: | 2 July 2018 | ||||||
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Page Range: | pp. 284-289 | ||||||
DOI: | 10.1145/3197091.3197092 | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
Re-use Statement: | © ACM 2018. This is the author's version of the work. It is posted here for your personal use. Not for redistribution. The definitive Version of Record was published in ACM Transactions on Computing Education, http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/10.1145/3171129 | ||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 23 May 2019 | ||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 23 May 2019 | ||||||
Conference Paper Type: | Paper | ||||||
Title of Event: | 23rd Annual ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education | ||||||
Type of Event: | Conference | ||||||
Location of Event: | Larnaca, Cyprus | ||||||
Date(s) of Event: | 2-4 Jul 2018 |
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