Deconstructing the discussion forum: Student questions and computer science learning

Proceedings of the Conference on Integrating Technology into Computer Science Education, ITiCSE

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 603-608

  Vellukunnel, Mickey ^a   Buffum, Philip ^b   Boyer, Kristy Elizabeth ^a   Forbes, Jeffrey ^c   Heckman, Sarah ^b   Mayer Patel, Ketan ^d  

^a J Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

^b North Carolina State University   (United States)

^c Duke University   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer science education research; CS2 discussion forums; Dialogue analysis; Piazza; Question asking

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; EDUCATION COMPUTING; ONLINE SYSTEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION RESEARCH; DIALOGUE ANALYSIS; DISCUSSION FORUM; PIAZZA; QUESTION-ASKING;

STUDENTS;

EID: 85018282347     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/3017680.3017745     Document Type: Conference Paper

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