ICER 2006: day one
programme

09.30-10.30

A conversation with Thomas Green

Coffee

11.00-12.00

Affective effects of program visualization

Gil Ebel, Mordechai Ben-Ari

An experiment on short-term effects of animated versus static visualization of operations on program perception

Seppo Nevalainen, Jorma Sajaniemi

12.00-12.30

Approaches to the assessment of Program Visualisation : discussion

Lunch

13.30-14.30

What do teachers teach in introductory programming?

Carsten Schulte, Jens Bennedsen

Commonsense computing: what students know before we teach (Episode 1: Sorting)

Beth Simon, Tzu-Yi Chen, Gary Lewandowski, Robert McCartney, Kate Sanders

14.30-15.00

Teachers & learners: which to study? : discussion

Tea

15.30-16.30

On models of and for teaching: Toward theory-based computing education

J. Philip East

Imagineering inauthentic legitimate peripheral participation: An instructional design approach for motivating computing education

Mark Guzdial, Allison Elliott Tew

16.30-17.00

Relationship of theories to research in CS Education : discussion

Tour of Canterbury Cathedral & conference dinner.
Meet at 18.30


ICER 2006: day two
programme

09.30-10.30

A methodology for analysing the temporal evolution of novice programs based on semantic components

Christopher D. Hundhausen, Jonathan L. Brown, Sean Farley & Daniel Skarpas

Methods and tools for exploring novice compilation behaviour

Matthew C. Jadud

10.30-11.00

Studying novices’ processes : discussion

Coffee

11.30-12.30

A roles-based analysis model for the evaluation of novices’ programming knowledge development

Pauli Byckling, Jorma Sajaniemi

Getting Funding from the NSF: Harriet Taylor

Lunch

13.30-14.30

Why students drop out CS1 course

Päivi Kinnunen, Lauri Malmi

Object-oriented programming and program correctness: the student’s perspective

Ioanna Stamouli, Meriel Huggard

14.30-15.00

The value of revisiting research topics : discussion

Tea

15.30-16.30

Improving learning in CS1 with Tablet-PC-based in-class assessment

Kimberle Koile, David Singer

Graphic Designers who program as informal CS learners

Brian Dorn, Mark Guzdial

16.30-17.00

Studying non-standard learning opportunities : discussion

17.00-17.30

Closing session