Revisiting why students drop CS1
Revisiting why students drop CS1
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重新审视学生放弃 CS1 的原因
DOI：
10.1145/2999541.2999552
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发表时间：
2016
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通讯作者：
Anya Tafliovich
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作者：
Andrew Petersen;Michelle Craig;Jennifer Campbell;Anya Tafliovich
这篇论文描述了一项关于影响学生决定退学的因素的定性研究。对北美一所大型研究密集型大学CS1专业的18名学生进行了个人访谈，结果验证并扩展了之前关于计算机科学入门课程学生经验的工作。特别是，我们的分析证实了放弃这一决定的复杂性，学生们列举了导致这一决定的相互关联的因素组合。缺乏时间，加上无效的学习策略或其他课程的优先顺序，是最常被引用的因素组合。有趣的是，与选择完成课程的学生的经历相比，有证据表明，当学生意识到自己落后或即将落后时，他们会遇到一个决定点。放弃的学生谈到专注于其他优先事项或无法赶上，而完成的学生说理解使用新技术学习和增加努力的必要性。
This paper describes a qualitative study of the factors that contribute to a student's decision to withdraw from CS1. Individual interviews were held with 18 students in a majors-focused CS1 at a large, research-intensive North American university, and results both validate and extend previous work on the experience of students who struggle in introductory computer science. In particular, our analysis confirms the complexity of the decision to drop, with students citing a combination of interrelated factors that contribute to the decision. Lack of time, combined with ineffective study strategies or with a prioritization of other courses, were the most commonly cited combinations of factors. Interestingly, when compared to the experience of students who chose to complete the course, there is evidence that students encounter a decision point when they realize they are or soon will be behind. Students who drop speak of focusing on other priorities or being unable to catch up, while students who complete speak of understanding the need to use new techniques for learning and increasing their efforts.