Open AccessVariation in Approaches to Lab Practical Classes among Computing Academics
Author(s) -
; Simon,
Michael de Raadt,
Anne Venables
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
informatics in education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.53
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 2335-8971
pISSN - 1648-5831
DOI - 10.15388/infedu.2007.15
Subject(s) - mathematics education , class (philosophy) , computer science , range (aeronautics) , variation (astronomy) , higher education , data science , artificial intelligence , psychology , engineering , physics , astrophysics , law , political science , aerospace engineering
As part of a wide-ranging phenomenographic study of computing teachers, we explored their varying understandings of the lab practical class and discovered four distinct categories of description of lab practicals. We consider which of these categories appear comparable with nonlecture classes in other disciplines, and which appear distinctive to computing. An awareness of this range of approaches to conducting practical lab classes will better enable academics to consider which is best suited to their own purposes when designing courses.