Integration of Practical Computing Skills and Co-curricular Activities in the Curriculum
| dc.contributor.author | Hooshangi, Sara | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Buxton, Ryan | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Ellis, Margaret | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-10-20T18:39:02Z | en |
| dc.date.available | 2022-10-20T18:39:02Z | en |
| dc.date.issued | 2022-07-07 | en |
| dc.date.updated | 2022-10-20T13:42:26Z | en |
| dc.description.abstract | Participation in co-curricular activities, such as hackathons, coding clubs, and undergraduate research has been shown to have a positive impact on the retention, persistence, and sense of belonging of students in the Computer Science (CS) field. In this paper, we will present the result of a study to assess the impact of integrating cocurricular activities and practical skills into the undergraduate CS curriculum. More than 500 senior CS students were surveyed over a span of four semesters about their comfort level, use of practical skills, and their experience in a sophomore-level required course which was redesigned a few years ago. The new course introduced practical skills such as version control, SQL, command line tools, and web development as a way to better engage the students and prepare them for co-curricular computing experiences. Our data analysis provides insight about when and where students use practical skills, how students feel about co-curricular activities, and the positive impact of the course redesign on the overall student experience. | en |
| dc.description.version | Published version | en |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | en |
| dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1145/3502718.3524802 | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/112238 | en |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.publisher | ACM | en |
| dc.rights | Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike | en |
| dc.rights.holder | The author(s) | en |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ | en |
| dc.title | Integration of Practical Computing Skills and Co-curricular Activities in the Curriculum | en |
| dc.type | Article - Refereed | en |
| dc.type.dcmitype | Text | en |