The difficulty in learning and teaching the algorithms and programming subjects is a major concern for managers and teachers of Computer Science (CS) undergraduate courses. These are foundational subjects for CS profe...
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(纸本)9781467313513
The difficulty in learning and teaching the algorithms and programming subjects is a major concern for managers and teachers of Computer Science (CS) undergraduate courses. These are foundational subjects for CS professionals, yet continue to present a high degree of difficulty in learning for students. This paper presents two experiences we conducted with Computer Science beginner students related to the teaching of computer programming. Results obtained were positive and encouraging in a way that continues to be used with new students in CS courses. We are convinced that other actions like this one are vital for interdisciplinary work, preventing student evasion resulting from the learning environment, casting them as process actors. algorithms and computer programming are becoming evermore necessary tools for academic and professional development.
Recent developments in computer programming environments have been introduced to the academic community. Scratch is one of such environments which seek to offer innovation features as a support to teaching computer pr...
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(纸本)9781467352611
Recent developments in computer programming environments have been introduced to the academic community. Scratch is one of such environments which seek to offer innovation features as a support to teaching computer programming. This study reports on the results from a case study conducted with young students for teachingalgorithms and programming.
algorithms and Programming is one of the compulsory subjects of the Degree in Computing in the Faculty of Sciences of the Universidad Central de Venezuela. The contribution of the content learned in the subject and th...
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(纸本)9781538630570
algorithms and Programming is one of the compulsory subjects of the Degree in Computing in the Faculty of Sciences of the Universidad Central de Venezuela. The contribution of the content learned in the subject and the need for its meaningful learning is fundamental, since it initiates the student in the construction of algorithms and programs, improving their capacity of abstraction, understanding of problems and structuring of solutions. These are very important information processing mechanisms for a computer scientist. However, it is one of the five subjects with the highest failure rate in the degree, motivation to identify cognitive and motivational difficulties, involving students who were enrolled in the period 2004-2015. Expected skills or competences in the students who will leave the subject were defined, taking into account aspects learned in teacher training activities, guidelines of curriculum commissions and international references organizations in Computer Science training. teaching, learning, problem solving and motivation strategies were also identified, with the aim of helping the student overcome the difficulties detected and guide the teaching group in their educational practice. The results are summarized in the definition of competences, strategies and techniques that are considered relevant for students to develop skills that allow them to constantly acquire knowledge, analyze and construct solutions to problems of different levels of complexity, communication of solutions in different contexts and interacting with different users. In the quantitative results, was observed an improvement in the overall grade point average of the approved students and the rate of withdrawals (retired) decreased, but did not improve the approved rate.
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