Writing anxiety in computer science students

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Title

Writing anxiety in computer science students

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University of Waikato

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ResearchCommons@Waikato

Description

Effective written communication skills are recognized as essential for computing professions, but are notoriously difficult to impart to our students. One problem in teaching computing students to write may be their attitudes toward writing; anecdotally, computing students are (often justifiably) lacking in confidence about their writing skills, and avoid writing when possible. This paper explores the degree of writing anxiety/apprehension in computing majors through the administration of a s...

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Research paper

Research format

Working or discussion paper

Date created

1995-08

Creator

Cunningham, Sally Jo / Holmes, Geoffrey

URL

https://hdl.handle.net/10289/1102

Related subjects

computer science / Machine learning

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