CS 500

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Current Topics in Computing Education Research

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Credit: 4 hours.

Current research topics and theories in Computers and Education with an emphasis on learning theories such as constructivism, behaviorism, cognitivism, knowledge-in-pieces, test-potentiated learning, and transfer of learning. These theories will be applied to understanding how students learn computing topics such as programming and theoretical computing. These topics will be applied through the design of ethically responsible educational research studies. The course will culminate in students writing a research proposal or conference-style research paper based upon pilot data.

4 graduate hours. No professional credit. May be repeated if topics vary. Credit towards a degree from multiple offerings of this course is not given if those offerings have significant overlap, as determined by the CS department.

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CS 500 class schedule data for spring 2024
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	72383	Lecture-Discussion	CED	9:30AM -10:45AM	TR	1302 Siebel Center for Comp Sci	Zilles, C	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/16/24-05/01/24 Credit: 4 hours Section Info: The course will cover a broad range of aspects surrounding both formative and summative assessment. Topics covered will include: studies and cognitive models around retrieval practice, a range of pedagogies of assessment (e.g., clickers, collaborative annotation), question design, item generation, item response theory, giving feedback, grading schemes (e.g., competency-based), concept inventories, collaborative work/team formation, peer assessment, automation, and cheating. While the class will have a theoretical focus (understanding and reasoning about research results), the hope is that it will also inform the participants' future teaching practice. The course will primarily consist of reading papers, writing short paper summaries, in-class paper discussions, and a small project, but we will endeavor to utilize some of the techniques that we are learning about in the course. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign. Not intended for First Time Freshman students.