In introductory programming courses (IPCs), students encounter various difficulties that are related to low achievement and high dropout and failure rates. Technology-rich approaches that promote self-directed learning while facilitating competency d...
The university course scheduling problem (UCSP) is a challenging combinatorial optimization problem that requires optimization of the quality of the schedule and resource utilization while meeting multiple constraints involving courses, teachers, stu...
The steroids corticosterone and dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) perform multiple life course functions. Rodent life-course circulating corticosterone and DHEA trajectories are unknown. We studied life course basal corticosterone and DHEA in offspring o...
The number of students who decided to study information technology related study programs is continually increasing. Introductory programming courses represent the most crucial milestone in information technology education and often reflect students&...
Childhood diet may shape immune and inflammatory trajectories through interacting metabolic, microbial, and developmental pathways, but the long-term human evidence remains heterogeneous. This scoping review mapped longitudinal studies examining diet...
This article presents a full course for autonomous aerial robotics inside the RoboticsAcademy framework. This “drone programming” course is open-access and ready-to-use for any teacher/student to teach/learn drone programming with it for...
The authors decided to investigate the impact of the lockdown period and the resulting limitations in informatics education, especially programming, in out-of-school electronics courses using traditional and distance learning modes in primary school...
For a lot of beginners, learning to program is challenging; similarly, for teachers, it is difficult to draw on students’ prior knowledge to help the process because it is not quite obvious which abilities are significant for developing program...
Gamification of education is considered to have the capacity to increase students’ engagement in a learning process; to drive learning and skills acquisition; and creates changes for more sustainable behavior. Sustainable behavior is especially...
Advancements in large language models have significantly transformed higher education by integrating AI chatbots into course design, teaching, administration, and student support. This study evaluates the use, effectiveness, and perceptions of chatbo...
Traditional teacher-centered teaching focused on classroom lectures has met numerous challenges in recent years, which has motivated teachers to make use of design thinking for their classes. This study made use of design thinking in an iOS programmi...
In the realm of programming education, enhancing student commitment is pivotal for both academic success and practical application. Traditional methodologies often fall short in catering to the evolving needs of today’s learners. Addressing thi...
Computational thinking courses can cultivate students’ ability to apply logic in the fields of mathematics and information science. The new 12-year Basic Education Curriculum Guidelines were implemented in Fall 2019 in Taiwan. Courses on computationa...
The growing demand for electronics engineers is one of the cornerstones of STEM education. Recent trends in education show an extension of the STEM principle into STEAM by mixing Arts with the traditional Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math di...
Programming is acknowledged widely as a cornerstone skill in Computer Science education. Despite significant efforts to refine teaching methodologies, a segment of students is still at risk of failing programming courses. It is crucial to identify po...
The flipped teaching method has become increasingly mature and critical. Previous flow experience studies have concentrated on game-based learning, and cognitive load studies have concentrated on different types of teaching materials (e.g., video). D...
This study examines failure in introductory programming courses, commonly known as CS1, in Chilean higher education by combining academic trajectory analysis with early-risk prediction models. We analyzed a cohort of 994 students from a Chilean techn...
This study analyzes the mistakes students are prone to make in programming and uses the GDB and Valgrind tools to implement dynamic analysis techniques for their eventual application to programs created by students. In the analysis process, spectral...
Virtual desktops in cloud scenarios play a significant role in higher education. Nowadays, the idea of moving laboratories to the cloud seems mandatory and it is necessary to maintain students’ commitment in this new scenario. This paper aims at two...
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) affects millions globally and represents a major health burden. This narrative review adopts a life-course perspective to synthesize current evidence on CKD as a consequence of adverse early-life exposures that disrupt ne...
This study addresses the current lack of research on the effectiveness assessment of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology in architectural education. Our aim is to evaluate the impact of AI-assisted architectural teaching on student learning. To a...
The use of large language models with chatbots like ChatGPT has become increasingly popular among students, especially in Computer Science education. However, significant debates exist in the education community on the role of ChatGPT in learning. Th...
Due to the rapidly increasing number of students at universities in recent years, universities may arrange students from different majors in the same class, which may bring several challenges in teaching and learning for students and teachers, such a...
With the rising popularity of robotics in our modern world there is an increase in the number of engineering programs that offer the basic Introduction to Robotics course. This common introductory robotics course generally covers the fundamental theo...
As an essential element of higher education, course planning at the program level is a complicated multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) problem. In addition, a course planning process tailored to sustainable development is exceptionally important to...
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) represents a major global health burden, with growing evidence indicating that its origins extend back to early developmental stages. This narrative review integrates epidemiological, clinical, and mechanistic experimenta...
Computer basic teaching is an essential basic learning content in higher education teaching. In order to encourage students and enable them to practice and improve their programming ability, the online judge system has been introduced into the progra...
Academic advising is time-consuming work. At the same time, it needs to be efficient and productive in assisting the students to choose appropriate academic courses towards the completion of their selected programs in a beneficial manner. In addition...
University course scheduling (UCS) is one of the most important and time-consuming issues that all educational institutions face yearly. Most of the existing techniques to model and solve UCS problems have applied approximate methods, which differ in...
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A quasi-controlled clinical trial included a university-based supervision course for facilitators of an interactive wellness school-based program. The study aimed to investigate how students that facilitate prevention programs are personally affected...
One of the problems regarding MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) is the high dropout rate. Although dropout periods have been studied, there is still a lack of understanding of how dropout differs for MOOCs with different levels of difficulty. A qua...
Outcome-Based Education (OBE) has been widely adopted in engineering education as a systematic framework for curriculum design, teaching, assessment, and Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) through clearly defined learning outcomes. Effective implem...
Understanding how software works and writing a program are currently frequent requirements when hiring employees. The complexity of learning programming often results in educational failures, student frustration and lack of motivation, because differ...
In the past, the teaching of C programming courses was teacher-centered, and students’ practical ability, innovation ability, independent learning ability, and moral character were not effectively improved. In order to meet the requirements of...
In the late 1970s, adolescents in East Harlem, New York, participated in a program called the Youth Action Program where they worked collectively to address systemic issues causing inequities in their communities (e.g., inequities in housing and educ...
During the COVID-19 epidemic, most programming courses were revised to distance learning. However, many problems occurred, such as students pretending to be actively learning while actually being absent and students engaging in plagiarism. In most ex...
University course timetabling is a complex and time-consuming duty that every educational institution faces regularly. It consists of scheduling a set of lectures in predefined time slots so as to avoid student conflicts, meet teacher and room availa...
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) can potentially affect the lives of millions of people, but there is little research on how a programming MOOC could affect participants’ lives after participation. In Estonia, we have organised several progr...
Gamification is a viable strategy used to enhance motivation and engagement in programming classes among students. However, automated evaluation capabilities, which are crucial for giving students fast and correct feedback, are frequently lacking in...
From traditional face-to-face courses, asynchronous distance learning, synchronous live learning, to even blended learning approaches, the learning approach can be more learner-centralized, enabling students to learn anytime and anywhere. In this stu...
Undergraduate engineering programs are associated with high stress and heavy workloads that impact the wellness of students. One university offers a unique undergraduate engineering education program structure offering two degree plan lengths, four o...
E-learning tools are gaining increasing relevance as facilitators in the task of learning how to program. This is mainly a result of the pandemic situation and consequent lockdown in several countries, which forced distance learning. Instant and rele...
Online learning is quickly becoming a popular choice instead of traditional education. One of its key advantages lies in the flexibility it offers, allowing individuals to tailor their learning experiences to their unique schedules and commitments. M...
Computer programming has been included in computer literacy education in many countries in the last decade. This study examined the effects of gender and the prior programming experience of computer programming on academic and web programming self-ef...
To correspond to the advancement of technology, programming has become an indispensable course in university curricula. However, students easily become confused by the rules governing program execution or by complex logical structures. Mastering prog...
The COVID-19 pandemic imposed in many countries, in the short term, the interruption of face-to-face teaching activities and, in the medium term, the existence of a ‘new normal’, in which teaching methods should be able to switch from fac...
In this study we have attempted, firstly, to describe programming protocols developed for the teaching of an Electromagnetism course in the university degrees of Electrical Engineering and Energy Engineering, and secondly, to evaluate students’...
Undergraduate (UG) research is regarded as a fundamental component in dental education. The present study was designed to examine the perception of the clinical students and the graduates of dentistry profession programs in the past 10 years on UG re...
Students of initial level programming courses generally face difficulties while learning the programming concepts. The learning analytics studies, in these courses, are mostly anecdotal on the aspect of assessment as less or no attention is given to...
Educational technology courses in teacher education programs are critical as they equip teacher candidates (TCs) with the necessary knowledge, skills, and attitudes to incorporate technology into their teaching. Given the rapid technological advancem...
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