Why the high attrition rate for computer science students: some thoughts and observations

By T. Beaubouef, J. Mason. SGCS, 2005

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Subfields: Computer Science Applications

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1. Andreas Stefik
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Citations in the corpus

• Failure rates in introductory programming revisited (2014, background): “Enrolment and retention of CS majors are well known problems [1].”
• An Empirical Investigation into Programming Language Syntax (2013, background): “Given the documented attrition rates in introductory programming courses [Beaubouef and Mason 2005], it seems reasonable to assert that novices face significant challenges when initially confronted with a general purpose programming language.”