AK
Dec 13, 2022
I recommend this course to everyone who wants to learn about Computation Thinking in an effortless manner. I am delighted with this course. Thanks to UPenn and Coursera for giving me this opportunity.
J
Dec 18, 2018
Excellent course for beginners with enough depth, programming and computational theory to increase their computer science knowledge to a higher level. It builds a good foundation of how computers work
By Cleefton B
•Dec 1, 2019
Excellent!
By CHIEW Z Y
•Feb 27, 2023
excellent
By Pn
•Aug 3, 2022
great job
By Satish v
•Sep 3, 2021
excellent
By Tran N Q A
•Jun 24, 2021
Very good
By Abu S M H
•Jan 13, 2020
Excillent
By KSHETRASRI N
•Sep 2, 2021
its good
By Gregory S
•Mar 14, 2021
Great
By James L
•Mar 30, 2020
GREAT
By Mohammed A M Y M
•Oct 20, 2023
good
By 김동범
•Nov 9, 2022
Good
By 강지희
•Apr 3, 2022
good
By Trương Q T
•Feb 18, 2022
Good
By SAI M K R
•Sep 29, 2021
nice
By RISHI K S
•Sep 14, 2021
good
By LAXMIPUNEETH K
•Sep 13, 2021
nice
By Vinh N P
•Aug 6, 2021
nice
By RealHuyLe
•Jun 21, 2021
Good
By Tuấn T M
•Jun 4, 2021
good
By Nguyên N N T
•May 29, 2021
good
By Heather J P
•May 30, 2023
N/A
By Krusha R
•Sep 8, 2021
b
By SHUBHAM P
•Sep 7, 2021
5
By Jennifer S
•Jul 25, 2021
PROS: The course description appropriately targets beginners to the world of computational thinking and problem solving. The instructors provide a variety of universal examples to help students understand the step by step process leading to an introduction to python programming. The units are broken into very manageable lessons followed by quizzes and projects to assess understanding and provide an opportunity to apply what was incrementally learned.
CONS: There are jumps in content area knowledge when asked to move from instructional to mathematical logic. Personally, I had to do some googling to relearn basic mathematical skills to complete tasks successfully. It would have helped to have a transition or an example to refresh my math skills from over 40 years ago. Also, as an educator, I'm all for a peer review - especially, when peers are offering constructive criticism. Unfortunately, in this forum (not just UPenn Coursera courses), most students are just racing to get through the course and clicking on complete. I haven't any qualms with losing points to learn the error of my ways, but I lost a point to someone that commented, "Great Job!" without further explanation. With that said, there is also some discrepancy between the prompts and the rubrics. However, once you learn what to look for in the pattern of instruction and assessment, it's fairly easy to adjust.
By Kingshuk D
•Jul 24, 2020
The first 3 weeks were good content and testing, though i would request more questionnaires to test all concepts introduced. though i believe the content visuals & explanations could be improved, but that generally applies to most things we do anyway. Improvisation is a continuous process.
There is something humourous about the 4th week. The content and exercises appear to have been squished in with the same amount of haste like that of a student wanting to just finish the course( I was one of the students myself , so there!). The forum response rate went down as well (understandably!). In my humble opinion, the 4th week needed to be a bit more elaborate by at least 1 more week. More exercises with smoother notching up of complexity of exercises, testing out all possible concepts so that they get embedded deeper into the students' thought process irrespective of whether they take up computing later or not.
Thank you big time, Professors! :)