Brain-based programming continued: Effective teaching in programming courses

After the promising results of the pilot phase of "Brain-based Programming", a new teaching concept for introductory programming courses based on neurodidactical principles, the empirical study continues this year in three groups. The results obtained so far in the current semester at our university are promising, too: In the first exams the students of the experimental groups achieved significantly better than their colleagues in the traditional courses and female students seem to benefit even more of the new concept. This paper describes the basics of the teaching concept "Brain-based Programming" and reports on the empirical results regarding the positive impact this concept on the learning outcomes (Cohen\´s d = 0.42) as well as the students\´ and teachers\´ feedback.