Paper Info
Title
The impact of supplementary hands-on practice on learning in introductory computer science course for freshmen
Abstract
Introduction to Computer Science (ICS), which is a compulsory theoretical course for freshmen of the electrical engineering (EE) department, lays the foundation for more advanced courses. Nevertheless, since ICS covers a wide variety of concepts that are difficult to completely comprehend, incomplete understanding and a loss of learning incentive are possible problems. The aim of implementing hands-on practice (HOP) activities was to prepare the students for the actual hardware manipulation in the field of EE and also to enhance their performance in the future advanced practice courses. Through organizing optional evening hands-on practice (HOP) activities, this study investigated whether the first-year college students who participated in HOP would exhibit a better understanding in ICS compared to those who did not. The enrollment in HOP was optional in which the performance did not affect the score in the ICS course. The results showed that HOP participants not only had significantly higher academic scores (p¿
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.1016/j.compedu.2013.08.002
Computers & Education
Keywords
Field
DocType
compulsory theoretical course,incomplete understanding,optional evening,hop participant,better understanding,supplementary hands-on practice,hands-on practice,introductory computer science course,advanced course,computer science,ics course,future advanced practice course
Incentive,Psychology,Pedagogy,Attendance
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
70
C
0360-1315
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
4
0.45
19
Authors
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Hsien-Tsai Wu124230.90
Po-Chun Hsu2577.95
Chih-Yuan Lee3131.99
Houjun Wang419823.29
Cheuk-Kwan Sun56510.19