A team of researchers at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) has developed and applied a targeted intervention for repeating students to ascertain why a significant proportion fail again and to identify strategies to help reverse this trend. The project was carried out as part of a research project with almost a hundred students on the Fundamentals of Programming (CS1) course, which in addition to being among the most demanding, has one of the highest failure rates on the Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Engineering program.
Targeted support boosts engagement and perseverance among repeat programming students
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