A programming learning system for beginners-a completion strategy approach

Author

Chang, Kuo-En ; Chiao, Bea-Chu ; Chen, Sei-Wang ; Hsiao, Rong-Shue

Author_Institution

Dept. of Inf. & Comput. Educ., Nat. Taiwan Normal Univ., Taipei, Taiwan

Volume

43

Issue

2

fYear

2000

fDate

5/1/2000 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

211

Lastpage

220

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to develop a programming learning system for beginners using the completion strategy. The completion strategy uses well-designed programs to let students engage in completing, modifying, and extending their programs. The completion strategy is a paradigm of learning by examples with learning enforcement. In this paper, learning theories of the completion strategy are investigated. A template technique is employed to realize the strategy. An educational experiment was made to show the learning impact of the proposed system. The experimental result shows that the completion strategy is benefit to the programming learning for beginners

Keywords

computer science education; programming; student experiments; completion strategy approach; educational experiment; learning by example paradigm; learning enforcement; programming learning system; students; template technique; Bridges; Computer science education; Councils; Displays; Educational programs; Learning systems; Programming profession;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Education, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9359

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/13.848075

Filename

848075