Publication Details
What Students Want: A Study on the Role of Supervisor of Final Works in Computing Education
Herout Adam, prof. Ing., Ph.D. (DCGM)
MSc. & BSc. Final Thesis, Need for Cognition, Thesis Supervisor, Supervision
At two European universities providing technical and general computing education, we conducted a survey of undergraduate and graduate student experiences with final thesis work. We focused on the needs of students, role of their supervisor, and perception of institutional scaffolding. Learning style as a background variable was measured using the Need for Cognition instrument. From a sample of 44 responses we draw conclusions that inform computing educators about the wished-for approaches and support for final thesis work that seem necessary from the student point-of-view. These include the highlighted need for expert advice, time management issues and significant correlations between the required expert support and need for cognition.
@inproceedings{BUT97055,
author="Roman {Bednařík} and Adam {Herout}",
title="What Students Want: A Study on the Role of Supervisor of Final Works in Computing Education",
booktitle="Proceedings of the 12th Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research",
year="2012",
pages="118--125",
publisher="Association for Computing Machinery",
address="New York",
isbn="978-1-4503-1795-5"
}