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Why Students Drop Out CS1 Course?

Why Students Drop Out CS1 Course?. Päivi Kinnunen Lauri Malmi Helsinki University of Technology. Contents. Research questions and their background Target course & Procedure Results Conclusion The next step. 1. Research Questions. Why do students decide to drop the CS1 course?

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Why Students Drop Out CS1 Course?

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  1. Why Students Drop Out CS1 Course? Päivi Kinnunen Lauri Malmi Helsinki University of Technology ICER September 9-10, 2006

  2. Contents • Research questions and their background • Target course & Procedure • Results • Conclusion • The next step ICER September 9-10, 2006

  3. 1. Research Questions • Why do students decide to drop the CS1 course? • How do drop out reasons cumulate? ICER September 9-10, 2006

  4. What does literacy say about drop out reasons and issues that predict success? Personal problems Motivation Stress Professional commitments Comfort level Attitude Academic performance Self-esteem Expectations Financial hardship Social and academic needs ICER September 9-10, 2006

  5. Some other issues that might affect drop out/stay decision: • Difference between high school and university • Cultural issues • Entering university • Financial factors • No consequence for droppig out the course ICER September 9-10, 2006

  6. 2. Target course & Procedure CS1 as a target course • 5 study weeks (8 ECTS units)/ 200 hours • 10 exercise rounds, programming project, exam Procedure: • Questionnaire • Interview ICER September 9-10, 2006

  7. 3. Results • No time • The student decided to prefer doing something else • The student had not booked enough time for the course • Course was more difficult than expected - course required more time ICER September 9-10, 2006

  8. No motivation • No study motivation in general • Payoff is imbalanced • Too difficult • cannot find errors • managing extensive unity ICER September 9-10, 2006

  9. not enough information/ability • Other reasons • plagiarism • good enough grade was not likely • comfort level was low ICER September 9-10, 2006

  10. Summing up results • There are various drop out reasons • Reasons tend to cumulate And they cumulate individually ICER September 9-10, 2006

  11. Cumulative feature of drop out reasons ICER September 9-10, 2006

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  14. 4. Conclusion • Since there are various drop out reasons there is no one magic solution for it. • In oder to reduce the drop out rate interventions are needed in more than one of following issues: • institution level actions: • study counceling that includes studying and time management skills for students • better coordination of model program courses • course level actions: • support and education for teachers and tutors • supporting social interaction among students ICER September 9-10, 2006

  15. 5. The next step • Questionnaire to larger amout of students to find out: • the most material drop out reasons • the marginal drop out reasons • Planning, implemeting and evaluation of an intervention ICER September 9-10, 2006

  16. Thank you! ICER September 9-10, 2006

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