Prior Programming Experience of Undergraduate Computing and Engineering Students in Ireland

Authors

Glenn Strong, Trinity College Dublin, IrelandFollow
Catherine Higgins, TU Dublin (City Campus), DublinFollow
Nina Bresnihan, Trinity College Dublin, IrelandFollow
Richard Millwood, Trinity College Dublin, IrelandFollow

Document Type

Article

Rights

Available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike 4.0 International Licence

Disciplines

Computer Sciences

Publication Details

Encyclopedia of Education and Information Technologies. Editor: Arthur Tatnall, Published by Springer, Cham.

Abstract

Historically programming has not been a subject studied at 2^nd level in Ireland, and degree programmes in Irish 3^rd level institutions have taken a ‘From-scratch’ approach to the teaching of programming. It has become apparent that increasing numbers of students arriving into undergraduate computing and engineering degree programmes in Irish 3^rd-level institutions have prior experience of computer programming, and the situation regarding the teaching of programming in the Irish School system is currently changing.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-10576-1_190

Recommended Citation

Strong G., Higgins C., Bresnihan N., Millwood R. (2020) Prior Programming Experience of Undergraduate Computing and Engineering Students in Ireland. In: Tatnall A. (eds) Encyclopedia of Education and Information Technologies. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-10576-1_190