Title :
Teaching OOP With Financial Literacy
Author_Institution :
Old Dominion Univ., Norfolk, VA, USA
fDate :
5/1/2011 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Students lose interest in learning programming when the materials are not related to their lives. A challenge facing most students is that they lack the financial literacy necessary to manage their debts. An approach is developed to integrate financial literacy into an object-oriented programming (OOP) course. The approach is effective in motivating students and improving the learning outcomes.
Keywords :
computer science education; educational courses; financial management; object-oriented programming; debts management; financial literacy; object-oriented programming course; object-oriented programming teaching; student motivation; Calculators; Educational institutions; Loans and mortgages; Programming profession; Springs; Financial literacy; learning effectiveness; motivation; object-oriented programming (OOP);
Journal_Title :
Education, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TE.2010.2052461
