{"id":"https://openalex.org/W4400410907","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/educon60312.2024.10578709","title":"Enhancing Students' Performance in Computer Science Through Tailored Instruction Based on their Programming Background","display_name":"Enhancing Students' Performance in Computer Science Through Tailored Instruction Based on their Programming Background","publication_year":2024,"publication_date":"2024-05-08","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W4400410907","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/educon60312.2024.10578709"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/educon60312.2024.10578709","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/educon60312.2024.10578709","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"2024 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON)","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"type":"conference-paper","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"green","oa_url":"https://pureadmin.qub.ac.uk/ws/files/594846353/1570968588.pdf","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5006911790","display_name":"Baharak Ahmaderaghi","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4166-6290"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I126231945","display_name":"Queen's University Belfast","ror":"https://ror.org/00hswnk62","country_code":"GB","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I126231945"]}],"countries":["GB"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Baharak Ahmaderaghi","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EEECS), Queeen's University Belfast Belfast,United Kingdom","Computer Science (EEECS) at Queen's University Belfast (QUB"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EEECS), Queeen's University Belfast Belfast,United Kingdom","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I126231945"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Computer Science (EEECS) at Queen's University Belfast (QUB","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I126231945"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5061456236","display_name":"Esha Barlaskar","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I126231945","display_name":"Queen's University Belfast","ror":"https://ror.org/00hswnk62","country_code":"GB","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I126231945"]}],"countries":["GB"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Esha Barlaskar","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EEECS), Queeen's University Belfast Belfast,United Kingdom","Computer Science (EEECS) at Queen's University Belfast (QUB"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EEECS), Queeen's University Belfast Belfast,United Kingdom","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I126231945"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Computer Science (EEECS) at Queen's University Belfast (QUB","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I126231945"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5020767179","display_name":"Olga Pishchukhina","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9964-2705"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I126231945","display_name":"Queen's University Belfast","ror":"https://ror.org/00hswnk62","country_code":"GB","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I126231945"]}],"countries":["GB"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Olga Pishchukhina","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EEECS), Queeen's University Belfast Belfast,United Kingdom","Computer Science (EEECS) at Queen's University Belfast (QUB"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EEECS), Queeen's University Belfast Belfast,United Kingdom","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I126231945"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Computer Science (EEECS) at Queen's University Belfast (QUB","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I126231945"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5020567812","display_name":"David Cutting","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1088-4749"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I126231945","display_name":"Queen's University Belfast","ror":"https://ror.org/00hswnk62","country_code":"GB","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I126231945"]}],"countries":["GB"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"David Cutting","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EEECS), Queeen's University Belfast Belfast,United Kingdom","Computer Science (EEECS) at Queen's University Belfast (QUB"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EEECS), Queeen's University Belfast Belfast,United Kingdom","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I126231945"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Computer Science (EEECS) at Queen's University Belfast (QUB","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I126231945"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5026517050","display_name":"Darryl Stewart","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1765-3545"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I126231945","display_name":"Queen's University Belfast","ror":"https://ror.org/00hswnk62","country_code":"GB","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I126231945"]}],"countries":["GB"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Darryl Stewart","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EEECS), Queeen's University Belfast Belfast,United Kingdom","Computer Science (EEECS) at Queen's University Belfast (QUB"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EEECS), Queeen's University Belfast Belfast,United Kingdom","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I126231945"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Computer Science (EEECS) at Queen's University Belfast (QUB","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I126231945"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":1,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I126231945"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":null,"has_fulltext":true,"cited_by_count":5,"citation_normalized_percentile":null,"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":"1","last_page":"5"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10533","display_name":"Teaching and Learning Programming","score":0.9868999719619751,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1706","display_name":"Computer Science Applications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10533","display_name":"Teaching and Learning Programming","score":0.9868999719619751,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1706","display_name":"Computer Science Applications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13836","display_name":"Educational Research and Pedagogy","score":0.9192000031471252,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11370","display_name":"Mobile Learning in Education","score":0.9056000113487244,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.7754236459732056},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/multimedia","display_name":"Multimedia","score":0.5000405311584473},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-aided-instruction","display_name":"Computer aided instruction","score":0.4366018772125244},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mathematics-education","display_name":"Mathematics education","score":0.41712889075279236},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-architecture","display_name":"Computer architecture","score":0.35021281242370605},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/psychology","display_name":"Psychology","score":0.07882177829742432}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.7754236459732056},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C49774154","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131765","display_name":"Multimedia","level":1,"score":0.5000405311584473},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2986849125","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1068473","display_name":"Computer aided instruction","level":2,"score":0.4366018772125244},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C145420912","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q853077","display_name":"Mathematics education","level":1,"score":0.41712889075279236},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C118524514","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q173212","display_name":"Computer architecture","level":1,"score":0.35021281242370605},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15744967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418","display_name":"Psychology","level":0,"score":0.07882177829742432}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1109/educon60312.2024.10578709","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/educon60312.2024.10578709","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"2024 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON)","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:pure.qub.ac.uk/portal:publications/1b724d52-01b2-458b-9415-fd06702f79cc","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/publications/1b724d52-01b2-458b-9415-fd06702f79cc","pdf_url":"https://pureadmin.qub.ac.uk/ws/files/594846353/1570968588.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306402319","display_name":"Research Portal (Queen's University Belfast)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I126231945","host_organization_name":"Queen's University Belfast","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I126231945"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"Ahmaderaghi, B, Barlaskar, E, Pishchukhina, O, Cutting, D & Stewart, D 2024, Enhancing students\u2019 performance in computer science through tailored instruction based on their programming background. in Proceedings of the IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference, EDUCON 2024. EDUCON Proceedings, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference 2024, Kos, Greece, 08/05/2024. https://doi.org/10.1109/EDUCON60312.2024.10578709","raw_type":"info:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObject"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"pmh:oai:pure.qub.ac.uk/portal:publications/1b724d52-01b2-458b-9415-fd06702f79cc","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/publications/1b724d52-01b2-458b-9415-fd06702f79cc","pdf_url":"https://pureadmin.qub.ac.uk/ws/files/594846353/1570968588.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306402319","display_name":"Research Portal (Queen's University Belfast)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I126231945","host_organization_name":"Queen's University Belfast","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I126231945"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"Ahmaderaghi, B, Barlaskar, E, Pishchukhina, O, Cutting, D & Stewart, D 2024, Enhancing students\u2019 performance in computer science through tailored instruction based on their programming background. in Proceedings of the IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference, EDUCON 2024. EDUCON Proceedings, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference 2024, Kos, Greece, 08/05/2024. https://doi.org/10.1109/EDUCON60312.2024.10578709","raw_type":"info:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObject"},"sustainable_development_goals":[{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/4","display_name":"Quality Education","score":0.75}],"awards":[],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320320357","display_name":"Queen's University Belfast","ror":"https://ror.org/00hswnk62"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321832","display_name":"Queen's University","ror":"https://ror.org/02y72wh86"}],"has_content":{"pdf":true,"grobid_xml":true},"content_urls":{"pdf":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W4400410907.pdf","grobid_xml":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W4400410907.grobid-xml"},"referenced_works_count":8,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W178425693","https://openalex.org/W1519336288","https://openalex.org/W1941244361","https://openalex.org/W2268420166","https://openalex.org/W2788850485","https://openalex.org/W2955390472","https://openalex.org/W2971379799","https://openalex.org/W4386220519"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2179074461","https://openalex.org/W1979832058","https://openalex.org/W1981961018","https://openalex.org/W4252935804","https://openalex.org/W2064972730","https://openalex.org/W2048755199","https://openalex.org/W1976841731","https://openalex.org/W1827150697","https://openalex.org/W4298031080","https://openalex.org/W2134083646"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Computer":[0,214],"science":[1,148],"including":[2],"data":[3,36,76,133],"analytics":[4,37,77,134],"is":[5,191],"a":[6,22,140,151,155,161],"widely":[7],"popular":[8],"field,":[9],"boasting":[10],"promising":[11],"career":[12],"opportunities":[13],"in":[14,18,27,35,50,74,99,115,164],"the":[15,67,75,124,169,207,223],"future.":[16],"Proficiency":[17],"programming":[19,43,72,177],"stands":[20],"as":[21,150,200],"fundamental":[23],"requirement":[24],"for":[25,130,144],"success":[26],"this":[28,157],"domain.":[29],"However,":[30],"students":[31],"entering":[32],"MSc":[33,132],"programs":[34],"often":[38],"possess":[39],"varying":[40],"levels":[41],"of":[42,69,171,196,209],"background,":[44],"which":[45],"can":[46,60],"impact":[47],"their":[48,84],"performance":[49,85,167,199],"assignments.":[51],"Recognising":[52],"and":[53,79,109,126,136,184,187,213],"addressing":[54],"these":[55],"differences":[56],"through":[57,168],"tailored":[58,172],"instruction":[59,173],"improve":[61],"students\u2019":[62],"outcomes.":[63],"This":[64,90],"paper":[65],"explores":[66],"importance":[68],"considering":[70],"students'":[71,176],"backgrounds":[73],"field":[78],"highlights":[80],"strategies":[81],"to":[82,111,123,193],"enhance":[83],"based":[86,174],"on":[87,95,175],"prior":[88],"knowledge.":[89],"study":[91,158],"was":[92,121],"carried":[93],"out":[94],"two":[96,100,106],"different":[97,101],"modules":[98],"pathways.":[102],"We":[103],"have":[104],"chosen":[105],"distinct":[107],"cohorts":[108],"pathways":[110],"ensure":[112],"unbiased":[113],"conclusions":[114],"our":[116],"study.":[117],"The":[118],"initial":[119],"research":[120],"applied":[122],"Database":[125],"Programming":[127],"Fundamentals":[128],"module":[129,143],"an":[131],"cohort,":[135],"then":[137],"we":[138],"utilized":[139],"Deep":[141],"Learning":[142],"final":[145],"year":[146,225],"computer":[147],"undergraduates":[149],"validation":[152],"cohort.":[153],"As":[154],"conclusion,":[156],"successfully":[159],"demonstrated":[160],"significant":[162],"increase":[163],"student":[165,182,198],"assignment":[166],"implementation":[170],"backgrounds.":[178],"Despite":[179],"receiving":[180],"positive":[181],"feedback":[183],"observing":[185],"excellent":[186],"improved":[188],"performances,":[189],"it":[190],"crucial":[192],"acknowledge":[194],"instances":[195],"unsatisfactory":[197],"well.":[201],"Both":[202],"studies":[203],"were":[204],"conducted":[205],"by":[206],"School":[208],"Electronics,":[210],"Electrical":[211],"Engineering,":[212],"Science":[215],"(EEECS)":[216],"at":[217],"Queen's":[218],"University":[219],"Belfast":[220],"(QUB)":[221],"during":[222],"academic":[224],"2021/2022.":[226]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-07-22T07:51:19.307946","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}