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Student, Apr. 2019
In this special topics course, we were introduced to many topics in computer education research (CER). We learned about designing our own studies such as multi-institutional multi-national, laboratory, and classroom studies. Research was grounded in theory from learning sciences, educational psychology, and science education.
The class included a research proposal with a $100k/year budget over a maximum of five years. My study focused on determining the benefits of learning computational tools like Git or GDB with respect to understanding other computational topics. Essentially, does learning how to use computing tools impact understanding of other computing topics? The report and presentation are below.