When we looked at how PCAS students thought about our classes (for our SIGCSE 2025 experience report), I was surprised at students’ use of the word “overwhelming” when talking about CS classes. I was pleased that they positively contrasted our courses with CS classes that they had taken previously, but I didn’t realize how much […]| Computing Ed Research – Guzdial's Take
Gabi Marcu is a professor in the University of Michigan School of Information who studies technologies to promote health (see her website). She’s also an improv performer, and a friend. She asked me to participate in her project to combine research and improv called “Extra Credit.” She asks researchers to explain their research in 10 […]| Computing Ed Research – Guzdial's Take
I participated at the first SIGCSE Virtual Conference last December. I was on a panel “Assessments for Non-CS Major Computing Classes” (see the ACM DL paper here). The panelists were excellent. I w…| Computing Ed Research - Guzdial's Take
I am sorry to miss the SIGCSE 2025 Technical Symposium this week. I so want to hear Mitchel Resnick’s keynote for his Outstanding Contribution award, and to cheer on Manuel Pérez-Quiñones for his Distinguished Service award. There’s going to be a great session on “Ethics, Power, and Persistence” with papers from ACM TOCE, including a […]| Computing Ed Research – Guzdial's Take
Emma Dodoo is an Engineering Education Research PhD student working with me. She was born in the United States but grew up in Ghana. Her world growing up was multi-lingual and multi-cultural. When …| Computing Ed Research - Guzdial's Take
I’m on sabbatical this semester, so I finally have time to catch up on some long overdue blog posts. Bahare at her defense with her committee: From left, Barbara Ericson, Shanna Daly, James Holly J…| Computing Ed Research - Guzdial's Take
Assessment is a hot topic in computing education research right now. I’m sharing below a workshop announcement from Nell O’Rourke and Melissa Chen. They want to help students make accurate self-ass…| Computing Ed Research - Guzdial's Take
One of the persistent research questions in computing education research (CER) is, “If you learn something in programming, can you use that something somewhere else?” Learning scientists call this …| Computing Ed Research - Guzdial's Take
A working title…Broadening Participation in Computing Through Broadening Computing: Adults Learning Computer Science Through Computational Work| Lara L. Schenck