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Using contributing student pedagogy to enhance support for teamworking in computer science projects

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Helen Phillips,

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CEP '21: Proceedings of the 5th Conference on Computing Education Practice

Pages 29 - 32

https://doi.org/10.1145/3437914.3437976

Published: 07 January 2021 Publication History

Abstract

This paper discusses an enhancement project completed at two Universities in the United Kingdom (UK). It is an example of contributing student pedagogy [9], exploring why whilst teamworking is valued by employers, its inclusion is less well received by learners themselves [2, 14, 25]. The work began as part of the Cardiff University Student Education Innovation Projects (CUSEIP) Scheme which provides opportunities for staff and placement students to work collaboratively on learning and teaching projects. The work explores learners’ perceptions and experiences of teamworking before and as part of taught courses which are then intercalated into an evolving set of guidelines and used to inform further enhancements. The original guidelines were developed by the CUSEIP student. The approach and outcomes will be of interest to others engaged in the delivery and enhancement of student teamwork within computing related programmes and potentially other disciplines.

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Index Terms

Using contributing student pedagogy to enhance support for teamworking in computer science projects
1. Applied computing
  1. Education
2. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Computing education
      1. Computing education programs
        Computer science education
    2. Management of computing and information systems
      1. Project and people management

Index terms have been assigned to the content through auto-classification.

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Heyl NBaniassad EOla OHenz MLerner B(2022)Team Harmony before, during, and after COVID-19Proceedings of the 2022 ACM SIGPLAN International Symposium on SPLASH-E10.1145/3563767.3568133(52-61)Online publication date: 29-Nov-2022
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3563767.3568133
Crick TPrickett TBradnum JMerkle LDoyle MSheard JSoh LDorn B(2022)A Preliminary Study of Peer Assessment Feedback within Team Software Development ProjectsProceedings of the 53rd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education V. 210.1145/3478432.3499126(1169-1169)Online publication date: 3-Mar-2022
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3478432.3499126
Lacave CMolina A(2021)The Impact of COVID-19 in Collaborative Programming. Understanding the Needs of Undergraduate Computer Science StudentsElectronics10.3390/electronics1014172810:14(1728)Online publication date: 19-Jul-2021
https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics10141728

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