(1) The case for using foreign language pedagogies in introductory computer programming instruction (2) A contextualized pre-AP computer programming curriculum: Models and simulations for exploring real-world cross-curricular topics

• Main Author: Portnoff, Scott R
• Format: Dissertation
• Language: English
• Published: ProQuest Dissertations & Theses 01.01.2016
• Subjects: Computer science; Computer Science Education; Control Groups; Curriculum development; Educational Strategies; Foreign Language; Foreign language education; Foreign language instruction; Language Acquisition; Programming Languages; School Holding Power; Science Teachers; Second Languages; Teaching Methods

Large numbers of novice programmers have been failing postsecondary introductory computer science programming (CS1) courses for nearly four decades. Student learning is much worse in secondary programming courses of similar or even lesser rigor. This has critical implications for efforts to reclassi...