Title :
Evaluation of a 3-D visual programming environment in an introductory course of object-oriented programming
Author :
Nagaoka, Keizo ; Osawa, Noritaka ; Mochizuki, Kaname ; Takahashi, Hideaki ; Nishina, Emi ; Saito, Fumihiko
Author_Institution :
Nat. Inst. of Multimedia Educ., Chiba, Japan
Abstract :
A newly developed visual programming environment has been evaluated. It allows students to visualize and manipulate programs in 3D representation. That visual programming environment is expected to enhance motivation to programming, understanding of programs, and efficiency of programming education. An experiment was conducted to evaluate the newly developed programming environment. The experiment included lectures, exercises of programming, achievement tests, video recordings, monitoring of keyboard and mouse activities and questionnaires
Keywords :
computer science education; educational courses; object-oriented programming; programming environments; visual programming; 3D visual programming environment; computer science education; experiment; introductory programming course; object-oriented programming; program understanding; program visualization; programming education; student motivation; three dimensional visual programming environment; Computer languages; Educational programs; Keyboards; Monitoring; Object oriented programming; Programming environments; Programming profession; Testing; Video recording; Visualization;
Conference_Titel :
Frontiers in Education Conference, 2000. FIE 2000. 30th Annual
Conference_Location :
Kansas City, MO
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6424-4
DOI :
10.1109/FIE.2000.897664
