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What Students Want: A Study on the Role of Supervisor of Final Works in Computing Education

BEDNAŘÍK Roman and HEROUT Adam. What Students Want: A Study on the Role of Supervisor of Final Works in Computing Education. In: Proceedings of the 12th Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research. New York: Association for Computing Machinery, 2012, pp. 118-125. ISBN 978-1-4503-1795-5.
Czech title
Co chtějí studenti: Studie o roli vedoucího závěrečných prací v počítačových vědách
Type
conference paper
Language
english
Authors
Bednařík Roman (University of Eastern Finland)
Herout Adam, prof. Ing., Ph.D. (DCGM FIT BUT)
Keywords

MSc. & BSc. Final Thesis, Need for Cognition, Thesis Supervisor, Supervision

Abstract

At two European universities providing technical and general computing education, we conducted a survey of undergraduate and graduate student experiences with final thesis work. We focused on the needs of students, role of their supervisor, and perception of institutional scaffolding. Learning style as a background variable was measured using the Need for Cognition instrument. From a sample of 44 responses we draw conclusions that inform computing educators about the wished-for approaches and support for final thesis work that seem necessary from the student point-of-view. These include the highlighted need for expert advice, time management issues and significant correlations between the required expert support and need for cognition.

Published
2012
Pages
118-125
Proceedings
Proceedings of the 12th Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research
Conference
Koli Calling 2012, Tahko, Finland, FI
ISBN
978-1-4503-1795-5
Publisher
Association for Computing Machinery
Place
New York, US
BibTeX 
@INPROCEEDINGS{FITPUB10175,
   author = "Roman Bedna\v{r}\'{i}k and Adam Herout",
   title = "What Students Want: A Study on the Role of Supervisor of Final Works in Computing Education",
   pages = "118--125",
   booktitle = "Proceedings of the 12th Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research",
   year = 2012,
   location = "New York, US",
   publisher = "Association for Computing Machinery",
   ISBN = "978-1-4503-1795-5",
   language = "english",
   url = "https://www.fit.vut.cz/research/publication/10175"
}
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