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Direct linkEckerdal, Anna; McCartney, Robert; Mostrom, Jan Erik; Ratcliffe, Mark; Zander, Carol – Computer Science Education, 2006
This paper examines the problem of studying and comparing student software designs. We propose semantic categorization as a way to organize widely varying data items. We describe how this was used to organize a particular multi-national, multi-institutional dataset, and present the results of this analysis: most students are unable to effectively…
Descriptors: Semantics, Computer Software, Classification, Computer System Design
Berglund, Anders; Eckerdal, Anna – Computer Science Education, 2006
This paper explores what students taking an international project-based course in computer systems strive to learn. Through empirical, phenomenographic work we have identified three different motives that the students strive for: academic achievement; project and team working capacity; and social competence. What a student strives to learn largely…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Student Educational Objectives, Foreign Countries, Phenomenology
