Computer science students struggle in early computing courses as evinced by high failure
rates and poor retention. As such, studies have attempted to characterize the root of student …

This paper describes a qualitative study of the factors that contribute to a student's decision
to withdraw from CS1. Individual interviews were held with 18 students in a majors-focused …

We present the results of an interview study investigating student experiences in two online
introductory computer science courses. Our theoretical approach is situated at the …

This paper presents the findings from a research project exploring the impact of learner
resilience as part of the shift to online delivery of learning, teaching and assessment amidst …

Low retention rates in third-level computing courses, despite continuing research into new
and improved computer teaching methods, present a worrying concern. For some computing …

There are significant participation gaps in computing, and the way to address these
participation gaps lies not simply in getting students from underrepresented groups into a …

The constant comparative method was used to explicate the experience computing majors
have with programming assignments in a CS1 course. Findings from a series of four …

As part of an NSF-funded IT Workforce grant, the authors conducted ethnographic research
to provide deep understanding of the learning environment of computer science classrooms …

Students' perceptions of challenges in biology influence performance outcomes,
experiences, and persistence in science. Identifying sources of student struggle can assist …

Recent research on undergraduate retention and attainment across the disciplines
(Woodfield 2014) considered how students perform differently depending on their discipline …