Reducing the drop-out rate of a technical oriented course by introducing Problem Based Learning – a first concept

At the University of Applied Sciences (UAS) Technikum Wien one of the most difficult courses in the Bachelor degree program of Computer Science is “Database Systems and Database Design”. Together with “Advanced Computer Programming”, this course accounts for the high drop-out rate in the degree prog...

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Main Authors: Christian Kaufmann, Alexander Mense, Harald Wahl, Robert Pucher
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Institute of Informatics and Cybernetics 2011-04-01
Series:Journal of Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics
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Online Access:http://www.iiisci.org/Journal/CV$/sci/pdfs/OL229JZ.pdf