Diversity and motivation in introductory programming

dc.creator	Tony Jenkins
dc.creator	John Davy
dc.date	2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:18:19Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:18:19Z
dc.identifier	1473-7507
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/c0ba14818210405d9fef1ecb95d47195
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/19360
dc.description	The number of students entering Higher Education in the UK continues to increase, and there is no sign of an end to this trend. This expansion brings with it a more diverse student body — students are diverse in terms of their prior experiences, their pre-existing skills, their expectations and their motivations. This highly varied student body often encounters a teaching regime that was designed for a smaller, and much more homogeneous, group of students. This is a significant problem in Computing courses, and especially in introductory programming. Students will approach learning to program from a wide variety of backgrounds, yet they will usually be taught and assessed in the same way. This paper considers the diversity of the introductory programming class, and describes some attempts to handle this diversity in the teaching programmes at the School of Computing at the University of Leeds.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Higher Education Academy Subject Network for Information & Computer Sciences
dc.relation	http://www.ics.heacademy.ac.uk/italics/issue1/tjenkins/003.PDF
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1473-7507
dc.source	ITALICS, Vol 1, Iss 1 (2002)
dc.subject	programming
dc.subject	diversity
dc.subject	motivation
dc.subject	aptitude
dc.subject	learning
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Diversity and motivation in introductory programming
dc.type	article