ne-Course for Learning Programming
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The document discusses the challenges students face in learning programming, highlighting factors such as the abstract concepts, required skills, and the reputation of programming courses. It outlines effective teaching practices such as collaboration, contextualization, and non-electronic methods like origami and memory transfer language to enhance learning. The objective is to create an engaging and supportive environment that fosters confidence and improves teacher-student relationships in programming education.
ne-Course for Learning Programming
- 1. ne-Course for Learning Programming José Figueiredo Research Unit for Inland Development Polytechnic of Guarda, Portugal jfig@ipg.pt Natália Gomes Research Unit for Inland Development Polytechnic of Guarda, Portugal ngomes@ipg.pt Francisco José García-Peñalvo Computer Science Department Research Institute for Educational Sciences GRIAL research group University of Salamanca, Spain fgarcia@usal.es Track 9. A world of digital competences: mobile apps, e-citizenship and computational systems as learning tools
- 2. Why is programming so difficult? • The abstract concepts that are involved in programming • The capacities that are required to solve problems • The mental skill to the decomposition of the problems • Programming is a new subject for many of the students who take programming courses • This is a difficult time for many students T. Jenkins, “On the Difficulty of Learning to Program,” Language (Baltim)., vol. 4, pp. 53–58, 2002.
- 3. Why is programming so difficult? • The students need to know the syntax, the semantics and the structure, of a unusual language • Programming requires a significant amount of effort in several skill areas for often a very modest return • Reputation: Programming courses acquire the reputation of being difficult • Image: there is the public image of a "programmer". This is of a socially inadequate "nerd", spending all hours producing unintelligible code, fuelled by pizza and caffeine T. Jenkins, “On the Difficulty of Learning to Program,” Language (Baltim)., vol. 4, pp. 53–58, 2002.
- 4. Solving problems in programming In 2014 some authors have presented a systematic review of articles describing approaches for teaching introductory programming and their influence on success. In resume, some of the best practices to teaching programing are: • Collaboration • Contextualization • CS0 • Change in the grading schema • Group work • Peer support • Support
- 5. Our proposal No Electronic (ne) Course for learning programming. • Follow and Give instruction • Map Design • Paper Folding and Origami • Memory Transfer Language • Parson Problems
- 6. Follow/Give instruction The use of this kind of exercises has as purpose to increase the development of students’ cognitive reasoning abilities and spatial visualization.
- 7. Map Design
- 8. Origami and Folding paper Benefits Reading Skills Writing Skills Processing Skills Visual Motor Temporal Spatial Logical Reasoning Attention Skills Concentration Sequencing Math Concepts Independent Study Social Skills Self Confidence Library Skills Manual Dexterity Speech Language Development ; Measurement Geometry Proportion Fractions Symmetry Problem Solving Science Principles Creativity
- 10. Paper Folding • Paper folding, in particular the Punched Holes, is frequently used to investigate the spatial visualization skills.
- 11. Paper Folding, exercises with Punched Holes
- 12. Memory Transfer Language (MTL) - Class Experiment The experiment was carried out to test the comprehension that students may have between variable and computer memory
- 13. Memory Transfer Language (MTL) - Class Experiment First examination • Initial concepts: computer programs and programming concepts such as variable, basic data types and computer memory representation
- 16. Memory Transfer Language (MTL) - Class Experiment Second examination • After clarification of the doubts it was proposed to the students to repeat the exercises The results increased from 20% to 81% of correct answers.
- 17. Parson Problems • Parson’s problems are assignments for learning programming where the student has to select, order, and indent code fragments.
- 18. Example
- 19. Example
- 20. Conclusion The objective of this study was to test the impact of different activities when used as a learning programming tool without the intervention of any electronic component. Where students explore with pleasure, without fear of making mistakes and where teacher-student relationship and confidence can be improved and enhanced.
- 21. Conclusion We believe that it’s still important to see the face and expressions of students in solve programming problems. We want to feel the atmosphere and excitement in problem solving “Programming should be taught by programming teachers and not by programmers"
- 22. Questions?
Editor's Notes
- #2: Good morning, I’m José Figueiredo I go to present our work, with the title ne-Course for Learning Programming
- #3: I teach programming, over 25 years. I feel this problem is a constant. By the other hand, I’m gland that problem isn’t particular from our school. This phenomenon is universal. Since the appearance of the first programming languages this problem is been studied. There are numerous studies with the main reflection of the difficulties of solving programming problems. This is a difficult time for many students – a time of transition as they adapt to life and study at university. They may well be living away from home for the first time.
- #4: Reputation and Image: Programming courses acquire the reputation of being difficult. And This view is passed to the new students by old students, and is exaggerated in the telling. At the same time, there is the public image of a "programmer". This is of a socially inadequate "nerd", spending all hours producing unintelligible code, fuelled by pizza and caffeine. If students approach a course with an expectation that it will be difficult, and with a negative image, it is very hard to imagine their being especially motivated. And students who are not motivated will not succeed.
- #5: Some authors have presented a systematic review of articles for teaching programming and their influence on success, and suggest the best practices to learning programing are: collaboration: activities that encourage student collaboration either in classrooms or labs. contextualization: activities with a specific context CS0: the creation of a preliminary course that was to be taken before the introductory programming course. change in the grading schema: increase the amount of points rewarded from programming activities, while reducing the weight of the course exam. group work: activities with increased group work commitment such as team-based learning and cooperative learning. peer support: support by peers in form of pairs, groups, peer mentors or tutors. support: an umbrella term for all support activities, e.g. increased teacher hours, additional support channels, etc ----------------------------- What should change? • Programming should never be taught before the second year of any course; • The language used should be chosen for pedagogic suitability and not because it is popular in industry; • Programming should be taught by those who can teach programming and not those who can program. • Programming courses should be designed to be flexible to allow different students to learn in different ways; • There should be no summative (continuous) assessment to ease pressure on students. • Departments should acknowledge that programming is difficult and supply adequate support to students.
- #6: Our proposal is given a set of exercises, no electronic, with the intent to help the students in their problems. After some reading about this subject, we propose a pré-programming course with a set of exercises about
- #7: With this kind of exercises we propose to improve the capacity of spatial visualization abilities. Here, we tell a one student to describe for the class the image. The class try to draw.
- #8: Here, we tell for the class draw a map for a known location. And we analyse the level of detail, like: the use of reference of known buildings, and others things... We use too, the asking direction and the students answer with words description.
- #9: BENEFITS This art is very known and there's a lot benefits in use this pratique The practice origami active the whole brain. we present here a list of some of the benefits of using origami. I highlight some, like
- #10: Some examples of origami exercices proposes
- #12: To practice Paper Folding, exercises with Punched Holes
- #13: we propose this 3 very simples exercices, with simple generic instrutions
- #14: This is results. What hapenned?
- #15: The Students represents severals values on same place of memory
- #17: After clarification of the doubts it was proposed to the students to repeat the exercises.
- #18: Parson’s problems are assignments for learning programming where the student has to select, order, and indent code fragments.
- #19: we have created a device to help manipulation. This represents the main memory. And the students put the in order the instructions.