Issues with a Course that Emphasizes Self-direction. Isomöttönen, V., Tirronen, V., & Cochez, M. In Proceedings of the 18th ACM conference on Innovation and technology in computer science education, of ITiCSE '13, pages 111–116, New York, NY, 2013. ACM.
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In this paper, we examine a master's level course that emphasizes self-direction on the part of students. The course is run by weekly group assignments and requires independent work such that only one mandatory classroom session is arranged each week. Our specific research interests are how students responded to the setting of this kind and whether they demonstrated self-direction during the course. We surveyed the students' view of the course, their group work experience, and their study habits, and analyzed the resultant survey data for themes. The results suggest that while the pass rate was considerably high and the course was regarded as well-organized by the students, there were several concerns related to whether we could prompt self-directed study habits.
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  abstract = {In this paper, we examine a master's level course that emphasizes self-direction on the part of students. The course is run by weekly group assignments and requires independent work such that only one mandatory classroom session is arranged each week. Our specific research interests are how students responded to the setting of this kind and whether they demonstrated self-direction during the course. We surveyed the students' view of the course, their group work experience, and their study habits, and analyzed the resultant survey data for themes. The results suggest that while the pass rate was considerably high and the course was regarded as well-organized by the students, there were several concerns related to whether we could prompt self-directed study habits.},
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  author = {Isom\"{o}tt\"{o}nen, Ville and Tirronen, Ville and Cochez, Michael},
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  booktitle = {Proceedings of the 18th {ACM} conference on Innovation and technology in computer science education},
  description = {Issues with a course that emphasizes self-direction},
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  isbn = {978-1-4503-2078-8},
  keywords = {self-direction},
  numpages = {6},
  pages = {111--116},
  publisher = {ACM},
  series = {ITiCSE '13},
  timestamp = {2014-09-02T21:27:40.000+0200},
  title = {Issues with a Course that Emphasizes Self-direction},
  url = {http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/2462476.2462495},
  year = 2013
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