A Global Survey of Introductory Programming Courses

Raina Mason; Simon; Brett A. Becker; Tom Crick; James H. Davenport

doi:10.1145/3626252.3630761

A Global Survey of Introductory Programming Courses

Raina Mason, Simon, Brett A. Becker, Tom Crick, James H. Davenport

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We present results of an in-depth survey of nearly 100 introductory programming (CS1) instructors in 18 countries spanning six continents. Although CS1 is well studied, relatively few broadly-scoped studies have been conducted, and none prior have exceeded regional scale. In addition, CS1 is a notoriously fickle and often changing course, and many might find it beneficial to know what other instructors are doing across the globe; perhaps more so as we continue to understand the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on computing education and as the effects of Generative AI take hold. Expanding upon several surveys conducted in Australasia, the UK, and Ireland, this survey facilitates a direct comparison of global trends in CS1. The survey goes beyond environmental factors such as languages used, and examines why CS1 instructors teach what they do, in the ways they do. In total the survey spans 84 institutions and 91 courses in which a total of over 40,000 students are enrolled.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	SIGCSE 2024
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of the 55th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education
Place of Publication	New York, NY
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Pages	799-805
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Print)	9798400704239
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3626252.3630761
Publication status	Published - 7 Mar 2024
Event	55th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education - St. Louis, MO, USA, St. Louis, United States Duration: 20 Mar 2024 → 23 Mar 2024 Conference number: 55 https://sigcse2026.sigcse.org/

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Name	SIGCSE Proceedings
Publisher	ACM
ISSN (Print)	1931-0536

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Conference	55th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education
Abbreviated title	SIGCSE 2024
Country/Territory	United States
City	St. Louis
Period	20/03/24 → 23/03/24
Internet address	https://sigcse2026.sigcse.org/

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Mason, R, Simon, Becker, BA, Crick, T & Davenport, JH 2024, A Global Survey of Introductory Programming Courses. in SIGCSE 2024: Proceedings of the 55th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education. SIGCSE Proceedings, Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, pp. 799-805, 55th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, St. Louis, Missouri, United States, 20/03/24. https://doi.org/10.1145/3626252.3630761

A Global Survey of Introductory Programming Courses. / Mason, Raina; Simon; Becker, Brett A. et al.
SIGCSE 2024: Proceedings of the 55th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education. New York, NY: Association for Computing Machinery, 2024. p. 799-805 (SIGCSE Proceedings).

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