CompEdCenter Affiliated Projects

The CompEdCenter is comprised of computing education research and outreach projects being conducted by affiliated faculty.  See some of the exciting work we are up to below!

Computing Education Research

Empiricism in CS Education Research

PI: Mark Sherriff

The goal of this project is to transform empirical CSEd research by building and supporting a community of CSEd researchers through: (1) creation and curation of laboratory packages to facilitate empirical CSEd research, (2) facilitation of cohorts of 10-12 educators who are mentored in developing...

Study on student perception, motivation, and engagement in college software testing course

PI: Upsorn Praphamontripong

To help students understand the concepts and the application of software testing, bridging theory and practice while maintaining active learning environment, this project intends to (i) redesign a software testing course and (ii) create and integrate a collection of hands-on, in-class and out-of-class activities, and a self-paced practice tool into a software testing course.

Computing Outreach Projects

Partnering to Develop Better Internship Experiences Description

PI: Tom Horton

The project Partnering to Develop Better Internship Experiences has two activities that will better support computing students as they seek internship opportunities with Virginia companies.