Title :
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
fDate :
5/1/2000 12:00:00 AM
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;
Journal_Title :
Education, IEEE Transactions on