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Dr. Thomas was born in Wales and moved to Canada while still in high school. She completed a BSc (Summa cum Laude) and a National Research council supported MSc in pure mathematics at McMaster University in Canada. She then turned to computing, and worked for a few years in industry, before returning to academia and receiving an MSc at Southern Illinois University in the US.
She was a Professor of Computer Science at Carroll University in the US for many years, before completing her PhD in Software Engineering at Aberystwyth University in 1995.
Dr. Thomas was appointed Teaching Fellow at Aberystwyth in 1999 and Senior Lecturer in 2014. Her research interests centre around problem solving and Computer Science education.
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Copying Can Be Good: How Students View Imitation as a Tool in Learning to Program
Zander, C., Thomas, L., Mostrom, J. E. & Eckerdal, A., 21 Oct 2020, 2020 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE 2020 - Proceedings. IEEE Press, 9274064. (Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE; vol. 2020-October).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Proceeding (Non-Journal item)
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In the liminal space: Software design as a threshold skill
Thomas, L., Boustedt, J., Eckerdal, A., McCartney, R., Moström, J. E., Sanders, K. & Zander, C., Apr 2017, In: PESTLHE. 12, 2, p. 333-351 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Student software designs at the undergraduate midpoint
Thomas, L., Zander, C., Loftus, C. & Eckerdal, A., 28 Jun 2017, ITiCSE '17: Proceedings of the 2017 ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education. Association for Computing Machinery, p. 34-39 6 p. (Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, ITiCSE; vol. Part F128680).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Proceeding (Non-Journal item)
7 Citations (Scopus) -
Why computing students learn on their own: motivation for self-directed learning of computing
McCartney, R., Boustedt, J., Eckerdal, A., Sanders, K., Thomas, L., Moström, J. E. & Zander, C., 26 Feb 2016, In: ACM Transactions on Computing Education. 16, 1, 18 p., 2.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Graduating students' designs: through a phenomenographic lens
Thomas, L., Eckerdal, A., McCartney, R., Mostrum, J., Sanders, K. & Zander, C., 2014, Proceedings of the tenth annual conference on International computing education research. Association for Computing Machinery, p. 91-98 8 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Proceeding (Non-Journal item)
16 Citations (Scopus) -
A fresh look at novice programmers' performance and their teachers' expectations
Utting, I., Tew, A. E., McCracken, M., Thomas, L. A., Bouvier, D., Frye, R., Paterson, J., Caspersen, M., Kolikant, Y. B-D., Sorva, J. & Wilusz, T., 2013, p. 15-32.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
45 Citations (Scopus) -
Self-Directed Learning in Computing and the Path to Employment
Thomas, L. A., 2013.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
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A broader threshold: including skills as well as concepts in Computing Education
Thomas, L. A., Boustedt, J., Eckerdal, A., McCartney, R., Moström, J. E., Sanders, K. & Zander, C., 2012.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
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Self-directed learning: stories from industry
Zander, C., Boustedt, J., Eckerdal, A., McCartney, R., Sanders, K. & Thomas, L., 2012, Proceedings of the 12th Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research. Association for Computing Machinery, p. 111-117 17 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Proceeding (Non-Journal item)
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Threshold concepts and threshold skills in computing
Sanders, K., Boustedt, J., Eckerdal, A., McCartney, R., Zander, C., Mostrom, J. E., Thomas, L. A. & Zander, C., 2012, p. 23-30. 8 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
25 Citations (Scopus) -
Threshold Concepts in Computer Science: An Ongoing Empirical Investigation
Zander, C., Thomas, L., McCartney, R., Eckerdal, A., Mostrom, J. E., Boustedt, J. & Sanders, K., 2012, Threshold Concepts And Transformational Learning . Meyer, J. H. F., Land, R. & Baillie, C. (eds.). United States: Sense Publishers, p. 241-258 18 p. (Educational Futures: Rethinking Theory and Practice; no. 42).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter