The Randolph thesis: CSEd research at the crossroads

ABSTRACT

Justus Randolph recently completed a PhD dissertation which is a methodological review of computer science education research. His review is based upon 352 CSEd articles published between 2000 and 2005. While I do not agree with all aspects of Randolph's argument, it is a thought provoking dissertation. It is downloadable from a website [2] and I believe that most people who are active in CSEd Research should read it. To whet your appetite for the entire dissertation, I recommend that you first read the paragraph at the top of page 162, which begins "The typical computer science education research paper is . . ."

REFERENCES

• 1: Cohen, L., Manion, L., and Morrison, K. (2000) Research Methods In Education. London and new York: Routledge/Falmer (5^th Edition).
• 2: Justus J. Randolph , George Julnes, Computer science education research at the crossroads: a methodological review of computer science education research, 2000--2005, Utah State University, Logan, UT, 2007
• 3: Trochim, W. M. K. (2001). The Research Methods Knowledge Base. http://www.socialresearchmethods.net/kb/index.php {Accessed July 2007}.
• 4: David W. Valentine, CS educational research: a meta-analysis of SIGCSE technical symposium proceedings, Proceedings of the 35th SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education, March 03-07, 2004, Norfolk, Virginia, USA

INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  K. Computing Milieux
  K.3 COMPUTERS AND EDUCATION
      K.3.2 Computer and Information Science Education
          Subjects: Computer science education

Additional Classification:
  A. General Literature
  A.1 INTRODUCTORY AND SURVEY

General Terms:
Experimentation