The methodology of multi-level individualized computer science education at the university

• Konstantin G. Krechetnikov

  Konstantin G. Krechetnikov. Pacific Higher Naval College. Vladivostok. Russia

Every computer science teacher at a university faces such a problem as a different initial level of knowledge and especially the skills and abilities of students when working on a personal computer. The subject of the research in this article is the organization of a multi-level
approach to the study of computer science in higher education, based on the preliminary diagnosis of the student for his individual cognitive style, as well as the development and use in the educational process of a large database of educational tasks of various difficulty levels. With
this approach, each student works at a pace convenient for him, and can also achieve any level of training in the field of information technology, not lower than the basic one defined by State Standards. The purpose of the work is not only to briefly analyze the theoretical issues of indi-
vidualization of education, but also to outline the author's methodology for organizing multilevel individualized computer science education at a university, which has been tested during more than 25 years of training of cadets of the naval university and students of various universi-
ties in Vladivostok and has proven its effectiveness. Research methods: analysis of theoretical sources, induction and deduction, observation and analysis of its results, pedagogical experiment. The results of the work can be used in teaching computer science, information technology
and other disciplines in various universities, have sufficient novelty due to the presentation of the author's approach, however, when using this experience, one should take into account the fact that the organization of multi-level individualized education at a university requires signifi-
cant additional efforts from the teacher, related both to the development of a bank of multi-level tasks and with the organization and implementation of such an educational process, when each student works at an individual pace and along an individual educational trajectory.

Keywords: adaptive learning, audios, visuals, dynamic student model, kinesthetics, individualization, individualized learning, individual educational trajectory, individual learning, computer science, cognitive style, socialization.