Affiliation:
1. University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
2. University of Joensuu, Joensuu, Finland
Abstract
In Fall 2000, University of Joensuu offered for the first time a Web-based university level Computer Science course to high school students in the surrounding rural region of North Karelia. To improve the course design, a formative evaluation scheme was developed for monitoring learning outcomes and identifying existing problems, pedagogical as well as technical. An analysis of the feedback given by those who dropped out of the pilot program offered important insights to the difficulties encountered by the students especially during the programming course. The main reasons for quitting were the problems to synchronize high school and university studies, given tight time constraints. Use of arrays and designing methods proved to be among the most difficult topics of programming. Based on the analyzed feedback, the curriculum has been modified to fit better to students' potential.
Publisher
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
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