A Case Study of Writing to Learn to Program: Codebook Implementation and Analysis

Abstract

Dr. Mohammadi-Aragh investigates the use of digital systems to measure and support engineering education, specifically through learning analytics and the pedagogical uses of digital systems. She also investigates fundamental questions critical to improving undergraduate engineering degree pathways.. She earned her Ph.D. in Engineering Education from Virginia Tech. In 2013, Dr. Mohammadi-Aragh was honored as a promising new engineering education researcher when she was selected as an ASEE Educational Research and Methods Division Apprentice Faculty.

Pedagogical aspects of teaching nuclear fusion engineering basics

“…A strategy more oriented towards following properly annotated code and understanding it rather than generating code might be suitable for this case, which has been shown to be an effective way to build up computational skills on students [18]. A barrier that was completely overlooked during the planification of the course was the scheduling barrier.…”