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Collaborative learning in an introductory computer science course

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An experiment in collaborative learning was conducted in two introductory programming courses at Loyola College in Maryland. Data collected included background information on students; course evaluations; and before and after measures on programming knowledge and attitudes. The collaborative learning class showed more improvement pre-test to post-test than did the control class and rated the course somewhat higher. Attitudes of both groups towards the field of computing and towards the value of group discussion in class were more resistant to change.

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        cover image ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
        ACM SIGCSE Bulletin  Volume 26, Issue 1
        March 1994
        410 pages
        ISSN:0097-8418
        DOI:10.1145/191033
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          SIGCSE '94: Proceedings of the twenty-fifth SIGCSE symposium on Computer science education
          March 1994
          414 pages
          ISBN:0897916468
          DOI:10.1145/191029

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