CS1 students speak: advice for students by students

Authors:
Brian Hanks;Laurie Murphy;Beth Simon;Renée McCauley;Carol Zander
Affiliations:
Fort Lewis College, Durango, CO, USA;Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA, USA;University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA;College of Charleston, Charleston, SC, USA;University of Washngton, Bothell, Bothell, WA, USA
Venue:
Proceedings of the 40th ACM technical symposium on Computer science education
Year:
2009

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Abstract

We collected advice on how to succeed at learning to program from 164 CS1 students at 3 institutions during a "saying is believing" intervention designed to encourage a growth mindset. More students gave general advice (63%) than programming-specific (23%) or attitudinal advice (34%), despite being prompted to encourage future students to develop a growth mindset toward programming. Advice categories and quotes offer educators insights into student beliefs and practices and suggest a framework for considering how best to advise students. We discuss the implications of students offering advice to other students and provide a handout of representative advice intended for distribution to students in introductory programming courses.