TY - GEN
T1 - Identification of Threshold Concepts for Intermediate Computer Science Students
AU - McSkimming, Brian M.
AU - MacKay, Sean
AU - Decker, Adrienne
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 IEEE.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - WIP Research Paper: The ability to identify threshold concepts within a discipline recognizes key components within a curriculum which, when learned, enables an individual to demonstrate as a member of that community. Within computer science, potential threshold concepts have sparked debates among researchers. According to the original definition by Meyer and Land, threshold concepts result in an individual being placed into a state of uncertainty or liminality and successful traversal of this liminal state results in a potentially irreversible transformation. When seeking to identify threshold concept, researchers often search for what concepts students feel are 'troublesome' or 'difficult to learn' since this state is often difficult to describe or understand when currently inside it or just past it. While threshold concepts have been identified for the beginning stages of programming, there is little to no work on the intermediate years of university computing education (years 2 & 3) and what potential threshold concepts exist during that time for computer science students.
AB - WIP Research Paper: The ability to identify threshold concepts within a discipline recognizes key components within a curriculum which, when learned, enables an individual to demonstrate as a member of that community. Within computer science, potential threshold concepts have sparked debates among researchers. According to the original definition by Meyer and Land, threshold concepts result in an individual being placed into a state of uncertainty or liminality and successful traversal of this liminal state results in a potentially irreversible transformation. When seeking to identify threshold concept, researchers often search for what concepts students feel are 'troublesome' or 'difficult to learn' since this state is often difficult to describe or understand when currently inside it or just past it. While threshold concepts have been identified for the beginning stages of programming, there is little to no work on the intermediate years of university computing education (years 2 & 3) and what potential threshold concepts exist during that time for computer science students.
KW - Computer Science Education
KW - Computing Education Research
KW - Intermediate Students
KW - Threshold Concepts
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85182977515
U2 - 10.1109/FIE58773.2023.10343211
DO - 10.1109/FIE58773.2023.10343211
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85182977515
T3 - Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE
BT - 2023 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE 2023 - Proceedings
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 53rd IEEE ASEE Frontiers in Education International Conference, FIE 2023
Y2 - 18 October 2023 through 21 October 2023
ER -