Categorizing the school experience of entering computing students
Thérèse Smith, Robert McCartney · Journal of computing sciences in colleges · 2013
Freshman engineering students' backgrounds are quite varied. The ages of the students, at points along a common learning sequence: start the computer, use applications, program, varied. When motivated, students readily found ways to augment their school experience to further their interests in computer science. Teachers helped encourage students to focus on a computing career.