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Addressing mixed levels of prior knowledge by individualising learning pathways in a Degree Apprenticeship Summer School

Year: 2020

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: Teaching an introductory programming course is beset by two core challenges: students enter the course with different levels of prior experience; and, for whatever reason, they progress at different rates. This is at odds with a typical face-to-face course, where material is delivered to the whole class in a lock-step fashion. Addressing these two challenges lies at the heart of an eight-week Summer School, described here, designed to bring a broad intake of students up to a common level ready to start on an degree apprenticeship programme that assumes a certain level of programming ability at the outset.

Source: Conference on Computing Education Practice (CEP)

DOI: 10.1145/3372356.3372370

Authors: Derek Somerville, Quintin Cutts, Matthew Barr, Jack Parkinson

Institution: University of Glasgow

Language: English

Topic: Teaching and Learning Programming

Subfield: Computer Science Applications

Field: Computer Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Quality education

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2999061357

FWCI: 0.527

Cites: 8

Cited by: 2

Related to: 10