What question did this study set out to answer?

The aim is to analyze the trends and types of CS educational research presented at the CS1/CS2 level over the last twenty years.

March 1, 2004

CS educational research

Key Points

The aim is to analyze the trends and types of CS educational research presented at the CS1/CS2 level over the last twenty years.
Conducted a meta-analysis of SIGCSE Technical Symposium Proceedings from the past twenty years.
Developed a six-point taxonomy to classify article types.
Assessed the prevalence of experimental models among CS1/CS2 presentations.
About 20% of CS1/CS2 presentations utilized some form of experimental model.
A significant increase in both the number and percentage of experimental models was observed over the last decade.
SIGCSE members are encouraged to adopt research models in their Technical Symposium presentations.

Abstract

A meta-analysis is performed on the last twenty years of SIGCSE Technical Symposium Proceedings, looking for the kind of CS Educational Research that has been done at the CS1/CS2 level. A six-point taxonomy of articles types is described. It is shown that about one in five of all CS1/CS2 presentations have used some kind of experimental model, albeit "experimental" is defined quite broadly. Over the last ten years both the number of experimental models, and the percentage of experimental models among CS1/CS2 has significantly increased. SIGCSE members are challenged to adopt a research model for their presentations to the Technical Symposium.

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