Issues with a course that emphasizes self-direction

Ville Isomöttönen; Ville Tirronen; Michael Cochez

doi:10.1145/2462476.2462495

Issues with a course that emphasizes self-direction

Ville Isomöttönen, Ville Tirronen, Michael Cochez

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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.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	ITiCSE 2013 - Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education
Pages	111-116
Number of pages	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2462476.2462495
Publication status	Published - 12 Aug 2013
Externally published	Yes
Event	18th ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, ITiCSE 2013 - Canterbury, United Kingdom Duration: 1 Jul 2013 → 3 Jul 2013

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Name	Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, ITiCSE
ISSN (Print)	1942-647X

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Conference	18th ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, ITiCSE 2013
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Canterbury
Period	1/07/13 → 3/07/13

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Active learning
Self-direction

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Isomöttönen, V, Tirronen, V & Cochez, M 2013, Issues with a course that emphasizes self-direction. in ITiCSE 2013 - Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education. Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, ITiCSE, pp. 111-116, 18th ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, ITiCSE 2013, Canterbury, United Kingdom, 1/07/13. https://doi.org/10.1145/2462476.2462495

Issues with a course that emphasizes self-direction. / Isomöttönen, Ville; Tirronen, Ville; Cochez, Michael.
ITiCSE 2013 - Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education. 2013. p. 111-116 (Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, ITiCSE).

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