Share Paper: Improving Class Experience and Performance in CS1 Course Using JiTT and Peer Instruction

  1. Farzana Rahman, James Madison University, United States

Abstract: CS1 or Introduction to Object Oriented Programming in higher education institutions is considered as a very important foundational course for computer science majors. In many institutions this is where the students for the first time usually gets the flavor of intensive programming perspectives of computer science discipline. Research shows that CS1 is the course where many students decide to change their major after having a bad grade and/or a bad experience. The way CS1 course is taught can play a major role on how well the students might perform in this course. In this paper, we share our experience on ...