Mark Zarb
Robert Gordon University
45 Papers
116 Citations
Mark Zarb is an academic researcher from Robert Gordon University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Higher education & Computer science. The author has an hindex of 6, co-authored 36 publications. Previous affiliations of Mark Zarb include University of Dundee.
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Papers
Student Concerns Regarding Transition into Higher Education CS
Angela A. Siegel,Mark Zarb +1 more
- 11 Jul 2016
TL;DR: Preliminary conclusions from this work point to the fact that this transition process is one that seems to evolve with the student as they progress through their education, and as such, should be treated differently at various stages within that process.
Novice Programmers and the Problem Description Effect
Dennis Bouvier,Ellie Lovellette,John Matta,Bedour Alshaigy,Brett A. Becker,Michelle Craig,Jana Jackova,Robert McCartney,Kate Sanders,Mark Zarb +9 more
- 09 Jul 2016
TL;DR: This paper presents a multi-national, multi-institutional study of the effects of problem contextualization on novice programmer success in a typical CS1 exercise.
Educational Landscapes During and After COVID-19
Angela A. Siegel,Mark Zarb,Bedour Alshaigy,Jeremiah Blanchard,Tom Crick,Richard Glassey,John R. Hott,Celine Latulipe,Charles Riedesel,Mali Senapathi,Simon,David Williams +11 more
- 26 Jun 2021
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore what the post-COVID-19 academic landscape might look like, and how we can use lessons learned during this educational shift to improve our subsequent practice.
Computing degree apprenticeships: An opportunity to address gender imbalance in the IT sector?
Sally Smith,Ella Taylor-Smith,Khristin Fabian,Matthew Barr,Tessa Berg,David Cutting,James H. Paterson,Tiffany Young,Mark Zarb +8 more
- 21 Oct 2020
TL;DR: This paper explores the potential for new work-based apprenticeship degrees to encourage more women into computing degrees and the IT sector and identifies opportunities to recruit women onto computing degree apprenticeships, for example by targeting women who have started careers.
Industry-inspired guidelines improve students' pair programming communication
Mark Zarb,Janet Hughes,John T. Richards +2 more
- 01 Jul 2013
TL;DR: This research describes the development of an analytic coding scheme derived from the observation of the communication of expert pairs working in industry to help novices learn to be more effective in their pair communication.
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