Improving motivation and performance through personal development in large introductory software engineering courses

Author

Ratcliffe, Mark ; Woodbury, John ; Thomas, Lynda

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Univ. Coll. of Wales, Aberystwyth, UK

fYear

2002

fDate

2002

Firstpage

108

Lastpage

115

Abstract

In 1993, the first year class in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth totalled just 93 students. This year it is 190. In line with most universities in the UK the total number of students in the department has more than doubled in the last five years and as is typical, the number of staff is largely unchanged. This paper describes two main development phases that have been undertaken to enhance the student experience and improve the quality of our teaching despite the ever-increasing workload

Keywords

computer science education; educational courses; human factors; software engineering; University of Wales Aberystwyth; large introductory software engineering courses; motivation; performance; personal development; teaching; Computer industry; Computer languages; Computer science; Education; Educational programs; Feedback; Java; Software engineering; Software performance; Technological innovation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Software Engineering Education and Training, 2002. (CSEE&T 2002). Proceedings. 15th Conference on

Conference_Location

Covington, KY

ISSN

1093-0175

Print_ISBN

0-7695-1515-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CSEE.2002.995203

Filename

995203