Professor Quintin Cutts

  • Professor of Computer Science Education (Computing Science)

telephone: 01413305619
email: Quintin.Cutts@glasgow.ac.uk

Room S141, School of Computing Science, Sir Alwyn Williams Building, 18, Lilybank Gardens, Glasgow, G12 8RZ

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ORCID iDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6368-9912

Research interests

Biography:

Quintin Cutts is Professor of Computer Science Education within the School of Computing Science at the University of Glasgow. His research centres on computer science education, with further interest in the use of technology to enhance face-to-face teaching and learning environments. He is involved in the development of school curricula for computer science, having contributed to the new Curriculum for Excellence in Scotland, as well as initiatives further afield in England and internationally. He has received awards for learning and teaching excellence, and is committed to engaging students deeply with their studies at all levels, drawing on his own and other research into psychological aspects of learning and technology in education.  He is on the Academic Board advising on and assisting with the work of National Centre for Computing Education, set up by the UK Government with funding of £84M, and on the UK Government's Digital Skills research working group.

In 2015, he was awarded an MBE for services to computer science.

Research Interests:
- computer science education research
- computational thinking and literacy
- computer science course design for schools
- technological pedagogic and content knowledge (TPACK) for computer science

Publications

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2023

Cutts, Q. et al. (2023) Arguments for and Approaches to Computing Education in Undergraduate Computer Science Programmes. In: ITiCSE 2023: Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, Turku, Finland, 07-12 Jul 2023, pp. 160-195. ISBN 9798400704055 (doi: 10.1145/3623762.3633494)

Kallia, M. and Cutts, Q. (2023) Conceptual development in early-years computing education: a grounded cognition and action based conceptual framework. Computer Science Education, 33(4), pp. 485-511. (doi: 10.1080/08993408.2022.2140527)

Maguire, J. , Parkinson, J. , Cutts, Q. and Fincher, S. (2023) Expanding the Circle of Critical Friends in UK Computing Education Research with the Works-in-Progress (WiP) Workshop. In: United Kingdom and Ireland Computing Education Research (UKICER) conference (UKICER 2023), Swansea, Wales, 07-08 Sep 2023, ISBN 9798400708763 (doi: 10.1145/3610969.3613385)

Parkinson, J. and Cutts, Q. (2023) Understanding Spatial Skills and Encoding Strategies in Student Problem Solving Activities. In: 2023 ACM Conference on International Computing Education Research, Chicago, IL, USA, 07-11 Aug 2023, pp. 134-147. ISBN 9781450399760 (doi: 10.1145/3568813.3600134)

Alharbi, N. A. M. and Cutts, Q. I. (2023) An Elaboration of Research Led Computer Science Framework for Early Education. In: 2023 IEEE ASEE Frontiers in Education Conference, College Station, TX, USA, 18-21 Oct 2023, (Accepted for Publication)

McCart, B., Scullion, T. and Cutts, Q. (2023) Scottish Teachers Advancing Computer Science (STACS): Annual Report 2022/23. Documentation. Scottish Teachers Advancing Computer Science, Glasgow.

2022

Parkinson, J. , Dziallas, S., Lewandowski, G., Mcneill, F., Williams, J. and Cutts, Q. (2022) Experience Report: Running and Participating in a Multi-Institutional Research in Practice Project Activity (RIPPA). In: 2022 Conference on United Kingdom & Ireland Computing Education Research, Dublin, Ireland, 01-02 Sep 2022, p. 4. ISBN 9781450397421 (doi: 10.1145/3555009.3555014)

Johnson, F., O'Donnell, J. , McQuistin, S. and Cutts, Q. (2022) Experience Report: Identifying Unexpected Programming Misconceptions with a Computer Systems Approach. In: 27th Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education (ITiCSE), Dublin, Ireland, 08-13 July 2022, pp. 325-330. ISBN 9781450392013 (doi: 10.1145/3502718.3524775)

Parkinson, J. and Cutts, Q. (2022) Relationships between an Early-Stage Spatial Skills Test and Final CS Degree Outcomes. In: 53rd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE 2022), Providence, RI, USA, 03-05 Mar 2022, pp. 293-299. ISBN 9781450390705 (doi: 10.1145/3478431.3499332)

Kallia, M. , Cutts, Q. and Looker, N. (2022) When Rhetorical Logic Meets Programming: Collective Argumentative Reasoning in Problem-Solving in Programming. In: ACM Conference on International Computing Education Research 2022 (ICER 2022), Lugano, Switzerland, 7-10 August 2022, pp. 120-134. ISBN 9781450391948 (doi: 10.1145/3501385.3543975)

2021

Parkinson, J. , Bockmon, R., Cutts, Q. , Liut, M., Petersen, A. and Sorby, S. (2021) Practice report: six studies of spatial skills training in introductory computer science. ACM Inroads, 12(4), pp. 18-29. (doi: 10.1145/3494574)

Dziallas, S., Fincher, S., Barr, M. and Cutts, Q. (2021) Learning in Context: a First Look at a Graduate Apprenticeship. In: 21st Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research, 18-21 Nov 2021, p. 19. ISBN 9781450384889 (doi: 10.1145/3488042.3490020)

Gjelsten, B. K., Bergersen, G. R., Sjøberg, D. I. K. and Cutts, Q. (2021) No Gender Difference in CS1 Grade for Students with Programming from High School: An Exploratory Study. In: Koli Calling '21: 21st Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research, Joensuu, Finland, 18-21 Nov 2021, ISBN 9781450384889 (doi: 10.1145/3488042.3488071)

Ly, A., Parkinson, J. , Cutts, Q. , Liut, M. and Petersen, A. (2021) Spatial Skills and Demographic Factors in CS1. In: Koli Calling '21: 21st Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research, 18 - 21 November 2021, Article No.: 4. ISBN 9781450384889 (doi: 10.1145/3488042.3488049)

Tshukudu, E., Cutts, Q. and Foster, M. E. (2021) Evaluating a Pedagogy for Improving Conceptual Transfer and Understanding in a Second Programming Language Learning Context. In: 21st Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research, 18-21 Nov 2021, p. 26. (doi: 10.1145/3488042.3488050)

Cutts, Q. and Maguire, J. (Eds.) (2021) Proceedings of the United Kingdom and Ireland Computing Education Research conference. Series: International conference proceeding series (ICPS). Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). ISBN 9781450385688

Cutts, Q. , Maguire, J. , Fincher, S. and Parkinson, J. (2021) Forming Community in Computing Science Education with Research in Practice Project Activities. In: UKICER '21: United Kingdom & Ireland Computing Education Research Conference, Glasgow, UK, 02-03 Sep 2021, p. 12. ISBN 9781450385688 (doi: 10.1145/3481282.3481285)

Kallia, M. and Cutts, Q. (2021) Re-Examining Inequalities in Computer Science Participation from a Bourdieusian Sociological Perspective. In: 17th ACM Conference on International Computing Education Research (ICER 2021), 16-19 Aug 2021, pp. 379-392. ISBN 9781450383264 (doi: 10.1145/3446871.3469763)

Tshukudu, E., Cutts, Q. , Goletti, O., Swidan, A. and Hermans, F. (2021) Teachers’ Views and Experiences on Teaching Second and Subsequent Programming Languages. In: 17th ACM Conference on International Computing Education Research (ICER 2021), 16-19 Aug 2021, pp. 294-305. ISBN 9781450383264 (doi: 10.1145/3446871.3469752)

Brown, N. C.C., Cutts, Q. , Kallia, M. , Maguire, J. , McNeill, F. and Porter, L. (2021) Supporting Computing Educators to Create a Cycle of Teaching and Computing Education Research. In: United Kingdom and Ireland Computing Education Research (UKICER) conference 2021, Glasgow, United Kingdom, 2-3 September 2021, ISBN 9781450385688 (doi: 10.1145/3481282.3483527)

2020

Nabi, S. W. , Maguire, J. , Draper, S. and Cutts, Q. (2020) Keeping Software Engineering Students in Touch With Not Only What They Are to Learn, But With Why. In: 32nd IEEE International Conference on Software Engineering Education & Training (CSEE&T 2020), Munich, Germany, 9-12 Nov 2020, ISBN 9781728168074 (doi: 10.1109/CSEET49119.2020.9206237)

Maguire, J. and Cutts, Q. (2020) Supporting the Computing Science Education Research Community with Rolling Reviews. In: UKICER '20: United Kingdom & Ireland Computing Education Research Conference, Glasgow, UK, 3-4 Sept 2020, pp. 73-75. ISBN 9781450388498 (doi: 10.1145/3416465.3416477)

Cutts, Q. and Maguire, J. (Eds.) (2020) Proceedings of the United Kingdom and Ireland Computing Education Research conference. Series: International conference proceeding series (ICPS). Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). ISBN 9781450388498

Parkinson, J. , Cutts, Q. and Draper, S. (2020) Relating Spatial Skills and Expression Evaluation. In: UKICER '20: United Kingdom & Ireland Computing Education Research Conference, Glasgow, UK, 03-04 Sep 2020, pp. 17-23. ISBN 9781450388498 (doi: 10.1145/3416465.3416473)

Tshukudu, E. and Cutts, Q. (2020) Understanding Conceptual Transfer for Students Learning New Programming Languages. In: 2020 ACM Conference on International Computing Education Research (ICER '20), Dunedin, New Zealand, 11-14 Aug 2020, pp. 227-237. ISBN 9781450370929 (doi: 10.1145/3372782.3406270)

Parkinson, J. and Cutts, Q. (2020) The Effect of a Spatial Skills Training Course in Introductory Computing. In: 2020 ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education (ITiCSE '20), Trondheim, Norway, 15-19 Jun 2020, ISBN 9781450368742 (doi: 10.1145/3341525.3387413)

Tshukudu, E. and Cutts, Q. (2020) Understanding Conceptual Transfer in Second and Subsequent Programming Languages. Cambridge Computing Education Research Symposium (CCERS), 01 Apr 2020.

Somerville, D., Cutts, Q. , Parkinson, J. and Barr, M. (2020) Addressing Mixed Levels of Prior Knowledge by Individualising Learning Pathways in a Degree Apprenticeship Summer School. In: CEP 2020: Proceedings of the 4th Conference on Computing Education Practice 2020, Durham, UK, 09 Jan 2020, p. 14. ISBN 9781450377294 (doi: 10.1145/3372356.3372370)

Maguire, J. , Cutts, Q. and Draper, S. (2020) Demystifying and Decluttering Participation in Software Engineering Education Programmes. In: 2020 ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education (ITiCSE '20), Trondheim, Norway, 15-19 Jun 2020, p. 567. ISBN 9781450368742 (doi: 10.1145/3341525.3393983)

Tshukudu, E. and Cutts, Q. (2020) Semantic Transfer in Programming Languages: Exploratory Study of Relative Novices. In: 2020 ACM Conference on International Computing Education Research (ICER '20), Dunedin, New Zealand, 11-14 Aug 2020, pp. 307-313. ISBN 9781450370929 (doi: 10.1145/3341525.3387406)

2019

Cutts, Q. , Barr, M. , Ada, M. B., Donaldson, P. , Draper, S. , Parkinson, J. , Singer, J. and Sundin, L. (2019) Best paper award: Experience report: thinkathon - countering an 'I got it working' mentality with pencil-and-paper exercises. ACM Inroads, 10(4), pp. 66-73. (doi: 10.1145/3368563)

Maguire, J. and Cutts, Q. (2019) Back to the future: shaping software engineering education with lessons from the past. ACM Inroads, 10(4), pp. 30-42. (doi: 10.1145/3368564)

Maguire, J. , Draper, S. and Cutts, Q. (2019) What Do We Do When We Teach Software Engineering? In: 1st UK & Ireland Computing Education Research Conference (UKICER), Canterbury, UK, 05-06 Sep 2019, p. 10. ISBN 9781450372572 (doi: 10.1145/3351287.3351295)

Maguire, J. , Sheridan, N., Draper, S. and Cutts, Q. (2019) Mentoring Mentors in Cooperative Software Engineering Education Programmes. In: 2019 ACM Conference on International Computing Education Research (ICER ’19), Toronto, ON, Canada, 12-14 Aug 2019, p. 307. ISBN 9781450361859 (doi: 10.1145/3291279.3341205)

Cutts, Q. , Barr, M. , Bikanga Ada, M. , Donaldson, P. , Draper, S. , Parkinson, J. , Singer, J. and Sundin, L. (2019) Experience Report: Thinkathon -- Countering an "I Got It Working" Mentality with Pencil-and-Paper Exercises. In: 24th Annual ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education (ITiCSE 2019), Aberdeen, Scotland, 15-17 Jul 2019, pp. 203-209. ISBN 9781450368957 (doi: 10.1145/3304221.3319785)

Maguire, J. , Cutts, Q. , Parkinson, J. , Barr, M. and Somerville, D. (2019) Devising Work-based Learning Curricula With Apprentice Research Software Engineers. In: 24th Annual ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education (ITiCSE 2019), Aberdeen, Scotland, 15-17 Jul 2019, p. 313. ISBN 9781450363013 (doi: 10.1145/3304221.3325576)

Parkinson, J. and Cutts, Q. (2019) Chairs' award: investigating the relationship between spatial skills and computer science. ACM Inroads, 10(1), pp. 64-73. (doi: 10.1145/3306151)

2018

Donaldson, P. and Cutts, Q. (2018) Flexible Low-cost Activities to Develop Novice Code Comprehension Skills in Schools. In: 13th Workshop in Primary and Secondary Computing Education (WiPSCE '18), Potsdam, Germany, 04-06 Oct 2018, p. 19. ISBN 9781450365888 (doi: 10.1145/3265757.3265776)

Maguire, J. , Draper, S. and Cutts, Q. (2018) Assessing the Unseen: Roles of Confidentiality and Trust in Software Engineering Work-based Learning Programmes [Poster]. ACM Conference on International Computing Education Research, Espoo, Finland, 13-15 Aug 2018.

Maguire, J. , Draper, S. and Cutts, Q. (2018) Assessing the Unseen: Roles of Confidentiality and Trust in Software Engineering Work-based Learning Programmes [Presentation]. ACM Conference on International Computing Education Research, Espoo, Finland, 13-15 Aug 2018.

Parkinson, J. and Cutts, Q. (2018) Investigating the Relationship Between Spatial Skills and Computer Science. In: ACM Conference on International Computing Education Research, Espoo, Finland, 13-15 Aug 2018, pp. 106-114. ISBN 9781450356282 (doi: 10.1145/3230977.3230990)

Cutts, Q. and Donaldson, P. (2018) Investigating attitudes towards learning computer science. In: Sentance, S., Barendsen, E. and Schulte, C. (eds.) Computer Science Education: Perspectives on Teaching and Learning in School. Bloomsbury Academic: London, pp. 39-55. ISBN 9781350057111

Cutts, Q. , Patitsas, E., Cole, E., Donaldson, P. , Alshaigy, B., Gutica, M., Hellas, A., Larraza-Mendiluze, E., McCartney, R. and Riedesel, C. (2018) Early Developmental Activities and Computing Proficiency. In: Proceedings of the 2017 ITiCSE Conference on Working Group Reports - ITiCSE-WGR '17, Bologna, Italy, 03-05 July 2017, pp. 140-157. ISBN 9781450356275 (doi: 10.1145/3174781.3174789)

2017

Connor, R., Cutts, Q. and Robertson, J. (2017) Keeping the machinery in computing education. Communications of the ACM, 60(11), pp. 26-28. (doi: 10.1145/3144174)

Cutts, Q. , Riedesel, C., Donaldson, P., Cole, E., Alshaigy, B., Gutica, M., Hellas, A., Larraza-Mendiluze, E., McCartney, R. and Patitsas, E. (2017) Searching for Early Developmental Activities Leading to Computational Thinking Skills. In: 2017 ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, Bologna, Italy, 3-5 July 2017, p. 393. ISBN 9781450347044 (doi: 10.1145/3059009.3081332)

Cutts, Q. , Robertson, J., Donaldson, P. and O’Donnell, L. (2017) An evaluation of a professional learning network for computer science teachers. Computer Science Education, 27(1), pp. 30-53. (doi: 10.1080/08993408.2017.1315958)

2016

Porter, L., Bouvier, D., Cutts, Q. , Grissom, S., Lee, C., McCartney, R., Zingaro, D. and Simon, B. (2016) A Multi-institutional Study of Peer Instruction in Introductory Computing. In: 47th ACM Technical Symposium on Computing Science Education (SIGCSE '16), Memphis, TN, USA, 2-5 March 2016, ISBN 9781450336857 (doi: 10.1145/2839509.2844642)

2014

Cutts, Q. , Connor, R., Michaelson, G. and Donaldson, P. (2014) Code or (Not Code): Separating Formal and Natural Language in CS Education. In: 9th Workshop in Primary and Secondary Computing Education, Berlin, Germany, 5-7 Nov 2014, pp. 20-28. ISBN 9781450332507 (doi: 10.1145/2670757.2670780)

2013

Renaud, K. and Cutts, Q. (2013) Teaching human-centred security using non-traditional techniques. ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 13(3), Art. 11.

Simon, B., Esper, S., Porter, L. and Cutts, Q. (2013) Student experience in a student-centered peer instruction classroom. In: Proceedings of the Ninth Annual International ACM Conference on International Computing Education Research, University of California, San Diego, 12-14 Aug 2013, p. 129. (doi: 10.1145/2493394.2493407)

2012

Cutts, Q. , Esper, S., Fecho, M., Foster, S. R. and Simon, B. (2012) The abstraction transition taxonomy: developing desired learning outcomes through the lens of situated cognition. In: Clear, A., Sanders, K. and Simon, B. (eds.) Proceedings of the Ninth Annual International Conference on International Computing Education Research, Auckland, New Zealand, 10-12 Sept 2012. ACM: New York, NY, USA, pp. 63-70. ISBN 9781450316040 (doi: 10.1145/2361276.2361290)

Esper, S., Simon, B. and Cutts, Q. (2012) Exploratory homeworks: an active learning tool for textbook reading. In: Clear, A., Sanders, K. and Simon, B. (eds.) Proceedings of the Ninth Annual International Conference on International Computing Education Research, Auckland, New Zealand, 10-12 Sept 2012. ACM: New York, NY, USA, pp. 105-110. ISBN 9781450316040 (doi: 10.1145/2361276.2361297)

Simon, B. and Cutts, Q. (2012) How to implement a peer instruction-designed CS principles course. ACM Inroads, 3(2), pp. 72-74. (doi: 10.1145/2189835.2189858)

Simon, B. and Cutts, Q. (2012) Peer instruction: a teaching method to foster deep understanding. Communications of the ACM, 55(2), pp. 27-29. (doi: 10.1145/2076450.2076459)

2011

Bell, T., Curzon, P., Cutts, Q. , Dagiene, V. and Haberman, B. (2011) Overcoming obstacles to CS education by using non-programming outreach programmes. In: Kalas, I. and Mittermeir, R. (eds.) Informatics in Schools: Contributing to 21st Century Education: 5th International Conference on Informatics in Schools: Situation, Evolution and Perspectives, ISSEP 2011, Bratislava, Slovakia, 26-29 October 2011. Series: Lecture notes in computer science (7013). Springer-Verlag: Berlin, Germany, pp. 71-81. ISBN 9783642247217

Bowskill, N., Lally, V., Brindley, S., Cutts, Q. and Draper, S. (2011) Shared thinking as interactionist theory and pedagogy for group learning. In: SASP 2011, Manly, Australia, 16-18 Apr 2011,

Cutts, Q. , Esper, S. and Simon, B. (2011) Computing as the 4th “R”: a general education approach to computing education. In: Sanders, K. (ed.) Proceedings of the Seventh International Workshop on Computing Education Research, Providence, RI, USA, 8-9 Aug 2011. ACM: New York, NY, USA, pp. 133-138. ISBN 9781450308298 (doi: 10.1145/2016911.2016938)

Porter, L., Bailey-Lee, C., Simon, B., Zingaro, D., Cutts, Q. and Zingaro, D. (2011) Experience report: a multi-classroom report on the value of peer instruction. In: Proceedings of the 16th Annual Joint Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, Darmstadt, Germany, 25-29 June 2011. Association for Computing Machinery: New York, NY, pp. 138-142. ISBN 9781450306973 (doi: 10.1145/1999747.1999788)

2010

Cutts, Q. , Cutts, E., Draper, S. , O'Donnell, P. and Saffrey, P. (2010) Manipulating mindset to positively influence introductory programming performance. In: SIGCSE '10 Proceedings of the 41st ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science education, Milwaukee, USA, 10-13 Mar 2010, pp. 431-435. (doi: 10.1145/1734263.1734409)

Simon, B., Kohanfars, M., Lee, J., Tamayo, K. and Cutts, Q. (2010) Experience report: peer instruction in introductory computing. In: SIGCSE '10 Proceedings of the 41st ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science education, Milwaukee, USA, 10-13 Mar 2010, pp. 341-345. (doi: 10.1145/1734263.1734381)

2009

Curzon, P., Cutts, Q. I. and Bell, T. (2009) Enthusing and inspiring with reusable kinaesthetic activities. In: ITiCSE '09 Proceedings of the 14th Annual ACM SIGCSE Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, Paris, France, 3-7 Jul 2009, pp. 94-98. ISBN 9781605583815 (doi: 10.1145/1595496.1562911)

2008

Hamer, J., Cutts, Q. , Jackova, J., Luxton-Reilly, A., McCartney, R., Purchase, H.C. , Riesdel, C., Saeli, M., Sanders, K. and Sheard, J. (2008) Contributing student pedagogy. SIGCSE Bulletin, 40(4), pp. 194-212. (doi: 10.1145/1473195.1473242)

2006

Cutts, Q. (2006) Practical lessons from four years of using an ARS in every lecture of a large class. In: Banks, D. A. (ed.) Audience Response Systems in Higher Education. Information Science Publishing: Hershey, PA. ISBN 9781591409472

Hu, J., Bertok, P., Hamilton, M., White, G. and Cutts, Q. (2006) Wireless interactive teaching by using keypad-based ARS systems. In: Banks, D. (ed.) Audience Response Systems in Higher Education. Information Science Publishing: Hershey, PA. ISBN 9781591409472

Kennedy, G., Cutts, Q. and Draper, S. (2006) Evaluating electronic voting systems in lectures: two innovative methods. In: Banks, D. A. (ed.) Audience Response Systems in Higher Education. Information Science Publishing: Hershey, PA. ISBN 9781591409472

Miller, A. and Cutts, Q. (2006) The use of an electronic voting system in a formal methods course. In: Boute, R.T. and Oliveira, J.N. (eds.) Formal Methods in the Teaching Lab: Examples, Cases, Assignments and Projects Enhancing Formal Methods Education. A Workshop at the Formal Methods 2006 Symposium, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, 26 Aug 2006. McMaster University: Hamilton, ON, Canada, pp. 3-8.

2005

Kennedy, G. and Cutts, Q. (2005) The association between students' use of an electronic voting system and their learning outcomes. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 21, pp. 260-268.

2002

Cutts, Q. (2002) Electronically enhanced classroom interaction. Australian Journal of Educational Technology, 18(1), pp. 13-23.

2001

Cutts, Q. (2001) Engaging a large first year class. In: Walker, M. (ed.) Reconstructing Professionalism in University Teaching. Society for Research into Higher Education & Open University Press: Buckingham, pp. 105-128. ISBN 9780335208173

Hosking, A.L., Nystrom, N., Whitlock, D., Cutts, Q. and Diwan, A. (2001) Partial redundancy elimination for access path expressions. Software: Practice and Experience, 31, pp. 577-600.

2000

Cutts, Q. , Connor, R. and Morrison, R. (2000) The pamcase machine. In: Atkinson, M. and Welland, R. (eds.) Fully Integrated Data Environments. Series: ESPRIT basic research series. Springer-Verlag: Berlin. ISBN 9783540657729

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Articles

Kallia, M. and Cutts, Q. (2023) Conceptual development in early-years computing education: a grounded cognition and action based conceptual framework. Computer Science Education, 33(4), pp. 485-511. (doi: 10.1080/08993408.2022.2140527)

Parkinson, J. , Bockmon, R., Cutts, Q. , Liut, M., Petersen, A. and Sorby, S. (2021) Practice report: six studies of spatial skills training in introductory computer science. ACM Inroads, 12(4), pp. 18-29. (doi: 10.1145/3494574)

Cutts, Q. , Barr, M. , Ada, M. B., Donaldson, P. , Draper, S. , Parkinson, J. , Singer, J. and Sundin, L. (2019) Best paper award: Experience report: thinkathon - countering an 'I got it working' mentality with pencil-and-paper exercises. ACM Inroads, 10(4), pp. 66-73. (doi: 10.1145/3368563)

Maguire, J. and Cutts, Q. (2019) Back to the future: shaping software engineering education with lessons from the past. ACM Inroads, 10(4), pp. 30-42. (doi: 10.1145/3368564)

Parkinson, J. and Cutts, Q. (2019) Chairs' award: investigating the relationship between spatial skills and computer science. ACM Inroads, 10(1), pp. 64-73. (doi: 10.1145/3306151)

Connor, R., Cutts, Q. and Robertson, J. (2017) Keeping the machinery in computing education. Communications of the ACM, 60(11), pp. 26-28. (doi: 10.1145/3144174)

Cutts, Q. , Robertson, J., Donaldson, P. and O’Donnell, L. (2017) An evaluation of a professional learning network for computer science teachers. Computer Science Education, 27(1), pp. 30-53. (doi: 10.1080/08993408.2017.1315958)

Renaud, K. and Cutts, Q. (2013) Teaching human-centred security using non-traditional techniques. ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 13(3), Art. 11.

Simon, B. and Cutts, Q. (2012) How to implement a peer instruction-designed CS principles course. ACM Inroads, 3(2), pp. 72-74. (doi: 10.1145/2189835.2189858)

Simon, B. and Cutts, Q. (2012) Peer instruction: a teaching method to foster deep understanding. Communications of the ACM, 55(2), pp. 27-29. (doi: 10.1145/2076450.2076459)

Hamer, J., Cutts, Q. , Jackova, J., Luxton-Reilly, A., McCartney, R., Purchase, H.C. , Riesdel, C., Saeli, M., Sanders, K. and Sheard, J. (2008) Contributing student pedagogy. SIGCSE Bulletin, 40(4), pp. 194-212. (doi: 10.1145/1473195.1473242)

Kennedy, G. and Cutts, Q. (2005) The association between students' use of an electronic voting system and their learning outcomes. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 21, pp. 260-268.

Cutts, Q. (2002) Electronically enhanced classroom interaction. Australian Journal of Educational Technology, 18(1), pp. 13-23.

Hosking, A.L., Nystrom, N., Whitlock, D., Cutts, Q. and Diwan, A. (2001) Partial redundancy elimination for access path expressions. Software: Practice and Experience, 31, pp. 577-600.

Book Sections

Cutts, Q. and Donaldson, P. (2018) Investigating attitudes towards learning computer science. In: Sentance, S., Barendsen, E. and Schulte, C. (eds.) Computer Science Education: Perspectives on Teaching and Learning in School. Bloomsbury Academic: London, pp. 39-55. ISBN 9781350057111

Cutts, Q. , Esper, S., Fecho, M., Foster, S. R. and Simon, B. (2012) The abstraction transition taxonomy: developing desired learning outcomes through the lens of situated cognition. In: Clear, A., Sanders, K. and Simon, B. (eds.) Proceedings of the Ninth Annual International Conference on International Computing Education Research, Auckland, New Zealand, 10-12 Sept 2012. ACM: New York, NY, USA, pp. 63-70. ISBN 9781450316040 (doi: 10.1145/2361276.2361290)

Esper, S., Simon, B. and Cutts, Q. (2012) Exploratory homeworks: an active learning tool for textbook reading. In: Clear, A., Sanders, K. and Simon, B. (eds.) Proceedings of the Ninth Annual International Conference on International Computing Education Research, Auckland, New Zealand, 10-12 Sept 2012. ACM: New York, NY, USA, pp. 105-110. ISBN 9781450316040 (doi: 10.1145/2361276.2361297)

Bell, T., Curzon, P., Cutts, Q. , Dagiene, V. and Haberman, B. (2011) Overcoming obstacles to CS education by using non-programming outreach programmes. In: Kalas, I. and Mittermeir, R. (eds.) Informatics in Schools: Contributing to 21st Century Education: 5th International Conference on Informatics in Schools: Situation, Evolution and Perspectives, ISSEP 2011, Bratislava, Slovakia, 26-29 October 2011. Series: Lecture notes in computer science (7013). Springer-Verlag: Berlin, Germany, pp. 71-81. ISBN 9783642247217

Cutts, Q. , Esper, S. and Simon, B. (2011) Computing as the 4th “R”: a general education approach to computing education. In: Sanders, K. (ed.) Proceedings of the Seventh International Workshop on Computing Education Research, Providence, RI, USA, 8-9 Aug 2011. ACM: New York, NY, USA, pp. 133-138. ISBN 9781450308298 (doi: 10.1145/2016911.2016938)

Porter, L., Bailey-Lee, C., Simon, B., Zingaro, D., Cutts, Q. and Zingaro, D. (2011) Experience report: a multi-classroom report on the value of peer instruction. In: Proceedings of the 16th Annual Joint Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, Darmstadt, Germany, 25-29 June 2011. Association for Computing Machinery: New York, NY, pp. 138-142. ISBN 9781450306973 (doi: 10.1145/1999747.1999788)

Cutts, Q. (2006) Practical lessons from four years of using an ARS in every lecture of a large class. In: Banks, D. A. (ed.) Audience Response Systems in Higher Education. Information Science Publishing: Hershey, PA. ISBN 9781591409472

Hu, J., Bertok, P., Hamilton, M., White, G. and Cutts, Q. (2006) Wireless interactive teaching by using keypad-based ARS systems. In: Banks, D. (ed.) Audience Response Systems in Higher Education. Information Science Publishing: Hershey, PA. ISBN 9781591409472

Kennedy, G., Cutts, Q. and Draper, S. (2006) Evaluating electronic voting systems in lectures: two innovative methods. In: Banks, D. A. (ed.) Audience Response Systems in Higher Education. Information Science Publishing: Hershey, PA. ISBN 9781591409472

Miller, A. and Cutts, Q. (2006) The use of an electronic voting system in a formal methods course. In: Boute, R.T. and Oliveira, J.N. (eds.) Formal Methods in the Teaching Lab: Examples, Cases, Assignments and Projects Enhancing Formal Methods Education. A Workshop at the Formal Methods 2006 Symposium, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, 26 Aug 2006. McMaster University: Hamilton, ON, Canada, pp. 3-8.

Cutts, Q. (2001) Engaging a large first year class. In: Walker, M. (ed.) Reconstructing Professionalism in University Teaching. Society for Research into Higher Education & Open University Press: Buckingham, pp. 105-128. ISBN 9780335208173

Cutts, Q. , Connor, R. and Morrison, R. (2000) The pamcase machine. In: Atkinson, M. and Welland, R. (eds.) Fully Integrated Data Environments. Series: ESPRIT basic research series. Springer-Verlag: Berlin. ISBN 9783540657729

Edited Books

Cutts, Q. and Maguire, J. (Eds.) (2021) Proceedings of the United Kingdom and Ireland Computing Education Research conference. Series: International conference proceeding series (ICPS). Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). ISBN 9781450385688

Cutts, Q. and Maguire, J. (Eds.) (2020) Proceedings of the United Kingdom and Ireland Computing Education Research conference. Series: International conference proceeding series (ICPS). Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). ISBN 9781450388498

Research Reports or Papers

McCart, B., Scullion, T. and Cutts, Q. (2023) Scottish Teachers Advancing Computer Science (STACS): Annual Report 2022/23. Documentation. Scottish Teachers Advancing Computer Science, Glasgow.

Conference or Workshop Item

Tshukudu, E. and Cutts, Q. (2020) Understanding Conceptual Transfer in Second and Subsequent Programming Languages. Cambridge Computing Education Research Symposium (CCERS), 01 Apr 2020.

Maguire, J. , Draper, S. and Cutts, Q. (2018) Assessing the Unseen: Roles of Confidentiality and Trust in Software Engineering Work-based Learning Programmes [Poster]. ACM Conference on International Computing Education Research, Espoo, Finland, 13-15 Aug 2018.

Maguire, J. , Draper, S. and Cutts, Q. (2018) Assessing the Unseen: Roles of Confidentiality and Trust in Software Engineering Work-based Learning Programmes [Presentation]. ACM Conference on International Computing Education Research, Espoo, Finland, 13-15 Aug 2018.

Conference Proceedings

Cutts, Q. et al. (2023) Arguments for and Approaches to Computing Education in Undergraduate Computer Science Programmes. In: ITiCSE 2023: Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, Turku, Finland, 07-12 Jul 2023, pp. 160-195. ISBN 9798400704055 (doi: 10.1145/3623762.3633494)

Maguire, J. , Parkinson, J. , Cutts, Q. and Fincher, S. (2023) Expanding the Circle of Critical Friends in UK Computing Education Research with the Works-in-Progress (WiP) Workshop. In: United Kingdom and Ireland Computing Education Research (UKICER) conference (UKICER 2023), Swansea, Wales, 07-08 Sep 2023, ISBN 9798400708763 (doi: 10.1145/3610969.3613385)

Parkinson, J. and Cutts, Q. (2023) Understanding Spatial Skills and Encoding Strategies in Student Problem Solving Activities. In: 2023 ACM Conference on International Computing Education Research, Chicago, IL, USA, 07-11 Aug 2023, pp. 134-147. ISBN 9781450399760 (doi: 10.1145/3568813.3600134)

Alharbi, N. A. M. and Cutts, Q. I. (2023) An Elaboration of Research Led Computer Science Framework for Early Education. In: 2023 IEEE ASEE Frontiers in Education Conference, College Station, TX, USA, 18-21 Oct 2023, (Accepted for Publication)

Parkinson, J. , Dziallas, S., Lewandowski, G., Mcneill, F., Williams, J. and Cutts, Q. (2022) Experience Report: Running and Participating in a Multi-Institutional Research in Practice Project Activity (RIPPA). In: 2022 Conference on United Kingdom & Ireland Computing Education Research, Dublin, Ireland, 01-02 Sep 2022, p. 4. ISBN 9781450397421 (doi: 10.1145/3555009.3555014)

Johnson, F., O'Donnell, J. , McQuistin, S. and Cutts, Q. (2022) Experience Report: Identifying Unexpected Programming Misconceptions with a Computer Systems Approach. In: 27th Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education (ITiCSE), Dublin, Ireland, 08-13 July 2022, pp. 325-330. ISBN 9781450392013 (doi: 10.1145/3502718.3524775)

Parkinson, J. and Cutts, Q. (2022) Relationships between an Early-Stage Spatial Skills Test and Final CS Degree Outcomes. In: 53rd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE 2022), Providence, RI, USA, 03-05 Mar 2022, pp. 293-299. ISBN 9781450390705 (doi: 10.1145/3478431.3499332)

Kallia, M. , Cutts, Q. and Looker, N. (2022) When Rhetorical Logic Meets Programming: Collective Argumentative Reasoning in Problem-Solving in Programming. In: ACM Conference on International Computing Education Research 2022 (ICER 2022), Lugano, Switzerland, 7-10 August 2022, pp. 120-134. ISBN 9781450391948 (doi: 10.1145/3501385.3543975)

Dziallas, S., Fincher, S., Barr, M. and Cutts, Q. (2021) Learning in Context: a First Look at a Graduate Apprenticeship. In: 21st Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research, 18-21 Nov 2021, p. 19. ISBN 9781450384889 (doi: 10.1145/3488042.3490020)

Gjelsten, B. K., Bergersen, G. R., Sjøberg, D. I. K. and Cutts, Q. (2021) No Gender Difference in CS1 Grade for Students with Programming from High School: An Exploratory Study. In: Koli Calling '21: 21st Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research, Joensuu, Finland, 18-21 Nov 2021, ISBN 9781450384889 (doi: 10.1145/3488042.3488071)

Ly, A., Parkinson, J. , Cutts, Q. , Liut, M. and Petersen, A. (2021) Spatial Skills and Demographic Factors in CS1. In: Koli Calling '21: 21st Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research, 18 - 21 November 2021, Article No.: 4. ISBN 9781450384889 (doi: 10.1145/3488042.3488049)

Tshukudu, E., Cutts, Q. and Foster, M. E. (2021) Evaluating a Pedagogy for Improving Conceptual Transfer and Understanding in a Second Programming Language Learning Context. In: 21st Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research, 18-21 Nov 2021, p. 26. (doi: 10.1145/3488042.3488050)

Cutts, Q. , Maguire, J. , Fincher, S. and Parkinson, J. (2021) Forming Community in Computing Science Education with Research in Practice Project Activities. In: UKICER '21: United Kingdom & Ireland Computing Education Research Conference, Glasgow, UK, 02-03 Sep 2021, p. 12. ISBN 9781450385688 (doi: 10.1145/3481282.3481285)

Kallia, M. and Cutts, Q. (2021) Re-Examining Inequalities in Computer Science Participation from a Bourdieusian Sociological Perspective. In: 17th ACM Conference on International Computing Education Research (ICER 2021), 16-19 Aug 2021, pp. 379-392. ISBN 9781450383264 (doi: 10.1145/3446871.3469763)

Tshukudu, E., Cutts, Q. , Goletti, O., Swidan, A. and Hermans, F. (2021) Teachers’ Views and Experiences on Teaching Second and Subsequent Programming Languages. In: 17th ACM Conference on International Computing Education Research (ICER 2021), 16-19 Aug 2021, pp. 294-305. ISBN 9781450383264 (doi: 10.1145/3446871.3469752)

Brown, N. C.C., Cutts, Q. , Kallia, M. , Maguire, J. , McNeill, F. and Porter, L. (2021) Supporting Computing Educators to Create a Cycle of Teaching and Computing Education Research. In: United Kingdom and Ireland Computing Education Research (UKICER) conference 2021, Glasgow, United Kingdom, 2-3 September 2021, ISBN 9781450385688 (doi: 10.1145/3481282.3483527)

Nabi, S. W. , Maguire, J. , Draper, S. and Cutts, Q. (2020) Keeping Software Engineering Students in Touch With Not Only What They Are to Learn, But With Why. In: 32nd IEEE International Conference on Software Engineering Education & Training (CSEE&T 2020), Munich, Germany, 9-12 Nov 2020, ISBN 9781728168074 (doi: 10.1109/CSEET49119.2020.9206237)

Maguire, J. and Cutts, Q. (2020) Supporting the Computing Science Education Research Community with Rolling Reviews. In: UKICER '20: United Kingdom & Ireland Computing Education Research Conference, Glasgow, UK, 3-4 Sept 2020, pp. 73-75. ISBN 9781450388498 (doi: 10.1145/3416465.3416477)

Parkinson, J. , Cutts, Q. and Draper, S. (2020) Relating Spatial Skills and Expression Evaluation. In: UKICER '20: United Kingdom & Ireland Computing Education Research Conference, Glasgow, UK, 03-04 Sep 2020, pp. 17-23. ISBN 9781450388498 (doi: 10.1145/3416465.3416473)

Tshukudu, E. and Cutts, Q. (2020) Understanding Conceptual Transfer for Students Learning New Programming Languages. In: 2020 ACM Conference on International Computing Education Research (ICER '20), Dunedin, New Zealand, 11-14 Aug 2020, pp. 227-237. ISBN 9781450370929 (doi: 10.1145/3372782.3406270)

Parkinson, J. and Cutts, Q. (2020) The Effect of a Spatial Skills Training Course in Introductory Computing. In: 2020 ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education (ITiCSE '20), Trondheim, Norway, 15-19 Jun 2020, ISBN 9781450368742 (doi: 10.1145/3341525.3387413)

Somerville, D., Cutts, Q. , Parkinson, J. and Barr, M. (2020) Addressing Mixed Levels of Prior Knowledge by Individualising Learning Pathways in a Degree Apprenticeship Summer School. In: CEP 2020: Proceedings of the 4th Conference on Computing Education Practice 2020, Durham, UK, 09 Jan 2020, p. 14. ISBN 9781450377294 (doi: 10.1145/3372356.3372370)

Maguire, J. , Cutts, Q. and Draper, S. (2020) Demystifying and Decluttering Participation in Software Engineering Education Programmes. In: 2020 ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education (ITiCSE '20), Trondheim, Norway, 15-19 Jun 2020, p. 567. ISBN 9781450368742 (doi: 10.1145/3341525.3393983)

Tshukudu, E. and Cutts, Q. (2020) Semantic Transfer in Programming Languages: Exploratory Study of Relative Novices. In: 2020 ACM Conference on International Computing Education Research (ICER '20), Dunedin, New Zealand, 11-14 Aug 2020, pp. 307-313. ISBN 9781450370929 (doi: 10.1145/3341525.3387406)

Maguire, J. , Draper, S. and Cutts, Q. (2019) What Do We Do When We Teach Software Engineering? In: 1st UK & Ireland Computing Education Research Conference (UKICER), Canterbury, UK, 05-06 Sep 2019, p. 10. ISBN 9781450372572 (doi: 10.1145/3351287.3351295)

Maguire, J. , Sheridan, N., Draper, S. and Cutts, Q. (2019) Mentoring Mentors in Cooperative Software Engineering Education Programmes. In: 2019 ACM Conference on International Computing Education Research (ICER ’19), Toronto, ON, Canada, 12-14 Aug 2019, p. 307. ISBN 9781450361859 (doi: 10.1145/3291279.3341205)

Cutts, Q. , Barr, M. , Bikanga Ada, M. , Donaldson, P. , Draper, S. , Parkinson, J. , Singer, J. and Sundin, L. (2019) Experience Report: Thinkathon -- Countering an "I Got It Working" Mentality with Pencil-and-Paper Exercises. In: 24th Annual ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education (ITiCSE 2019), Aberdeen, Scotland, 15-17 Jul 2019, pp. 203-209. ISBN 9781450368957 (doi: 10.1145/3304221.3319785)

Maguire, J. , Cutts, Q. , Parkinson, J. , Barr, M. and Somerville, D. (2019) Devising Work-based Learning Curricula With Apprentice Research Software Engineers. In: 24th Annual ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education (ITiCSE 2019), Aberdeen, Scotland, 15-17 Jul 2019, p. 313. ISBN 9781450363013 (doi: 10.1145/3304221.3325576)

Donaldson, P. and Cutts, Q. (2018) Flexible Low-cost Activities to Develop Novice Code Comprehension Skills in Schools. In: 13th Workshop in Primary and Secondary Computing Education (WiPSCE '18), Potsdam, Germany, 04-06 Oct 2018, p. 19. ISBN 9781450365888 (doi: 10.1145/3265757.3265776)

Parkinson, J. and Cutts, Q. (2018) Investigating the Relationship Between Spatial Skills and Computer Science. In: ACM Conference on International Computing Education Research, Espoo, Finland, 13-15 Aug 2018, pp. 106-114. ISBN 9781450356282 (doi: 10.1145/3230977.3230990)

Cutts, Q. , Patitsas, E., Cole, E., Donaldson, P. , Alshaigy, B., Gutica, M., Hellas, A., Larraza-Mendiluze, E., McCartney, R. and Riedesel, C. (2018) Early Developmental Activities and Computing Proficiency. In: Proceedings of the 2017 ITiCSE Conference on Working Group Reports - ITiCSE-WGR '17, Bologna, Italy, 03-05 July 2017, pp. 140-157. ISBN 9781450356275 (doi: 10.1145/3174781.3174789)

Cutts, Q. , Riedesel, C., Donaldson, P., Cole, E., Alshaigy, B., Gutica, M., Hellas, A., Larraza-Mendiluze, E., McCartney, R. and Patitsas, E. (2017) Searching for Early Developmental Activities Leading to Computational Thinking Skills. In: 2017 ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, Bologna, Italy, 3-5 July 2017, p. 393. ISBN 9781450347044 (doi: 10.1145/3059009.3081332)

Porter, L., Bouvier, D., Cutts, Q. , Grissom, S., Lee, C., McCartney, R., Zingaro, D. and Simon, B. (2016) A Multi-institutional Study of Peer Instruction in Introductory Computing. In: 47th ACM Technical Symposium on Computing Science Education (SIGCSE '16), Memphis, TN, USA, 2-5 March 2016, ISBN 9781450336857 (doi: 10.1145/2839509.2844642)

Cutts, Q. , Connor, R., Michaelson, G. and Donaldson, P. (2014) Code or (Not Code): Separating Formal and Natural Language in CS Education. In: 9th Workshop in Primary and Secondary Computing Education, Berlin, Germany, 5-7 Nov 2014, pp. 20-28. ISBN 9781450332507 (doi: 10.1145/2670757.2670780)

Simon, B., Esper, S., Porter, L. and Cutts, Q. (2013) Student experience in a student-centered peer instruction classroom. In: Proceedings of the Ninth Annual International ACM Conference on International Computing Education Research, University of California, San Diego, 12-14 Aug 2013, p. 129. (doi: 10.1145/2493394.2493407)

Bowskill, N., Lally, V., Brindley, S., Cutts, Q. and Draper, S. (2011) Shared thinking as interactionist theory and pedagogy for group learning. In: SASP 2011, Manly, Australia, 16-18 Apr 2011,

Cutts, Q. , Cutts, E., Draper, S. , O'Donnell, P. and Saffrey, P. (2010) Manipulating mindset to positively influence introductory programming performance. In: SIGCSE '10 Proceedings of the 41st ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science education, Milwaukee, USA, 10-13 Mar 2010, pp. 431-435. (doi: 10.1145/1734263.1734409)

Simon, B., Kohanfars, M., Lee, J., Tamayo, K. and Cutts, Q. (2010) Experience report: peer instruction in introductory computing. In: SIGCSE '10 Proceedings of the 41st ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science education, Milwaukee, USA, 10-13 Mar 2010, pp. 341-345. (doi: 10.1145/1734263.1734381)

Curzon, P., Cutts, Q. I. and Bell, T. (2009) Enthusing and inspiring with reusable kinaesthetic activities. In: ITiCSE '09 Proceedings of the 14th Annual ACM SIGCSE Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, Paris, France, 3-7 Jul 2009, pp. 94-98. ISBN 9781605583815 (doi: 10.1145/1595496.1562911)

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    Embedded learning to promote computer science concept acquisition in young children
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    A pedagogical framework for teaching computer programming: A social constructivist and cognitive load theory approach
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    Creating a Procedural Literacy Focused Framework for Humanistic Computing Education
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    'Empowering Parents through Parental Intervention to Broaden Participation of Women in Computing: A Multifaceted Examination in Nigeria