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Content Provider	ACM Digital Library
Author	Sentance, Sue
Abstract	Computing is a subject which is widely regarded as difficult to master. There are large drop out rates from Computer Science courses at higher education level [5]. Whilst Computer Science education has been investigated in some depth at university level, there is less in-depth research into how Computing is learned in schools and the difficulties that students have. The study described in this short poster was an attempt to listen to students and reflect on their experiences of Computing. The project was carried out over a period of two years by a teacher of Computing in the UK, utilising data from 120 16-17 year old Computing students at various stages of a 2-year programme [7]. The intention of the project was to gain an understanding of what students were finding so difficult about Computing, and to trial small interventions with students, based on listening to their feedback. We wished to establish whether using different tools, adding more formative assessment, or introducing more collaborative working, helped to clear the fog that they were experiencing with regards to progress in Computing. These students may be our future university Computer Science students and as such our success in motivating and retaining them is crucial to maintain student numbers in higher education. Our students are social young adults, who may not fit into the stereotypes of students who might be naturally good at Computing described by Stuart Wray [9]. Being able to take time to listen to these students and help them to develop their skills in Computing might help us to retain young students and subsequently address the skills gap that we have in the UK caused by a lack of suitably qualified professionals [4].
Starting Page	124
Ending Page	125
Page Count	2
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781450310529
DOI	10.1145/2094131.2094159
Language	English
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Publisher Date	2011-11-17
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Subject Keyword	Computing education in the uk Computer science education High schools Uk secondary schools
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

Sl.	Authority	Responsibilities	Communication Details
1	Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education	Sanctioning Authority	https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives
2	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Host Institute of the Project: The host institute of the project is responsible for providing infrastructure support and hosting the project	https://www.iitkgp.ac.in
3	National Digital Library of India Office, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	The administrative and infrastructural headquarters of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in
4	Project PI / Joint PI	Principal Investigator and Joint Principal Investigators of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in Prof. Saswat Chakrabarti will be added soon
5	Website/Portal (Helpdesk)	Queries regarding NDLI and its services	support@ndl.gov.in
6	Contents and Copyright Issues	Queries related to content curation and copyright issues	content@ndl.gov.in
7	National Digital Library of India Club (NDLI Club)	Queries related to NDLI Club formation, support, user awareness program, seminar/symposium, collaboration, social media, promotion, and outreach	clubsupport@ndl.gov.in
8	Digital Preservation Centre (DPC)	Assistance with digitizing and archiving copyright-free printed books	dpc@ndl.gov.in
9	IDR Setup or Support	Queries related to establishment and support of Institutional Digital Repository (IDR) and IDR workshops	idr@ndl.gov.in

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