How Learning Styles in CS Can Foster Inclusion of Visually Impaired Students

We present the results of a study of learning types of CS students. In computer science education there seems to be a prevalence of visually oriented teaching methods. However, as the results of our investigation show, the learners may not actually benefit from this trend. This is valuable informati...

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Published in2015 International Conference on Learning and Teaching in Computing and Engineering pp. 187 - 192
Main Authors Capovilla, Dino, Muhling, Andreas, Hubwieser, Peter
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.04.2015
Subjects
Computational modeling
Context
CS Education
Education
Electronic mail
Inclusion
Learningy styles
Unified modeling language
Visualization
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Summary:We present the results of a study of learning types of CS students. In computer science education there seems to be a prevalence of visually oriented teaching methods. However, as the results of our investigation show, the learners may not actually benefit from this trend. This is valuable information in the context of including visually impaired learners in computer science classes - since these learners suffers the greatest disadvantages from visually oriented teaching and learning aids. Our results indicate that a different approach to CSEd placing more emphasis on kinesthetic and textual material may be of advantage for all CS students alike and also foster the inclusion of visually impaired learners.
DOI:10.1109/LaTiCE.2015.17