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The chapter summarises recent challenges faced by teachers of first year undergraduate programming and their causes. It proceeds to describe a pragmatic means of addressing such problems through the provision of parallel second programming module provision. The approach provides a means of motivating weaker students, introducing remedial prerequisite knowledge whilst avoiding the sacrifice of employability and other perceived goals of early high-flyers in the subject.
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Collins, D. (2018). Using Graphics to Inspire Failing Students. In: Carter, J., O'Grady, M., Rosen, C. (eds) Higher Education Computer Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98590-9_7
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