Qualitative research in computer science education

Orit Hazzan; Yael Dubinsky; Larisa Eidelman; Victoria Sakhnini; Mariana Teif

doi:10.1145/1121341.1121469

Qualitative research in computer science education

Orit Hazzan, Yael Dubinsky, Larisa Eidelman, Victoria Sakhnini, Mariana Teif

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Abstract

This paper discusses the suitability of the qualitative research approach to computer science education research. It is based on the following two observations: First, only a small proportion of works presented in the computer science education literature contain some experimental component (Fincher and Petre, 2004; Valentine, 2004). Second, those research works conducted in computer science education that do, usually employ a quantitative research approach. This paper focuses on the qualitative research approach, presenting its nature, discussing its relationships to the quantitative research approach and addressing its application in general and in the context of computer science education in particular.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the Thirty-Seventh SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education
Pages	408-412
Number of pages	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/1121341.1121469
State	Published - 2007
Externally published	Yes
Event	37th SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education - Houston, TX, United States Duration: 1 Mar 2006 → 5 Mar 2006

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Name	Proceedings of the Thirty-Seventh SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education

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Conference	37th SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education
Country/Territory	United States
City	Houston, TX
Period	1/03/06 → 5/03/06

Keywords

Computer science education research
Qualitative research
Qualitative research in computer science education
Research methods

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Computer Science
Education

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Hazzan, O, Dubinsky, Y, Eidelman, L, Sakhnini, V & Teif, M 2007, Qualitative research in computer science education. in Proceedings of the Thirty-Seventh SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education. Proceedings of the Thirty-Seventh SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, pp. 408-412, 37th SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, Houston, TX, United States, 1/03/06. https://doi.org/10.1145/1121341.1121469

Qualitative research in computer science education. / Hazzan, Orit; Dubinsky, Yael; Eidelman, Larisa et al.
Proceedings of the Thirty-Seventh SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education. 2007. p. 408-412 (Proceedings of the Thirty-Seventh SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education).

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