doi: 10.7763/IJIET.2014.V4.435
Intervention Strategies for the Improvement of Students’ Academic Performance in Data Structure Course
Regina A. Garcia
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Lilac A. Al-Safadi
Abstract
The study is intended to recommend intervention strategies which can be used in teaching Data Structure course effectively to undergraduate program in the field of computing and information technology. Descriptive method, formal assessment which is the actual grades of the students, and informal interviews among instructors were utilized in the study. The formal assessment results revealed that 39% of students in the course have poor academic performance in the course. This concluded that there is a need for intervention strategies which requires planning and implementation to strengthen the motivation of the students to study, boost their academic performance, and uplift the quality of education in the area of computing and information technology.
Keywords
- Academic performance
- data structures
- information technology
- quality education
How to Cite
Regina A. Garcia and Lilac A. Al-Safadi, "Intervention Strategies for the Improvement of Students’ Academic Performance in Data Structure Course," International Journal of Information and Education Technology, vol. 4, no. 5, pp. 383-387, 2014. https://doi.org/10.7763/IJIET.2014.V4.435
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Copyright © 2014 by the authors. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited (CC BY 4.0).