The academic enhancement program in introductory CS
Rylan G. Egan, Diana Cukierman, Donna McGee Thompson · 2011
The Academic Enhancement Program (AEP) is a student focused proactive intervention initiated in 2006 by the School of Computing Science and the Student Learning Commons at Simon Fraser University to provide academic self-regulation skills. This program has been offered as a required component in selected first year courses since 2008. In this paper we provide a description and evaluation of AEP 101 - a two-hour workshop delivered in a first year programming course. The workshop material includes a proposed framework to address academic challenges in general, with specific emphasis on learning processes required for CS. Statistical evaluations provide evidence of students' interest and appreciation for the workshop. In addition, some statistically detectable correlations between workshop satisfaction, academic attitudes, and academic performance are described.