Student transformations: are they computer scientists yet?

Authors:
Carol Zander;Jonas Boustedt;Robert McCartney;Jan Erik Moström;Kate Sanders;Lynda Thomas
Affiliations:
University of Washinton, Bothell, Bothell, WA, USA;Högskolan i Gävle, Gävle, Sweden;University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA;Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden;Rhode Island College, Providence, RI, USA;Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, Wales Uk
Venue:
ICER '09 Proceedings of the fifth international workshop on Computing education research workshop
Year:
2009

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Abstract

We examine the changes in the ways computing students view their field as they learn, as reported by the students themselves in short written biographies. In many ways, these changes result in students thinking and acting more like computer scientists and identifying more with the computing community. Most of the changes are associated with programming and software engineering, rather than theoretical computer science, however.