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The Effects of Visual Cues and Learners' Field Dependence in Multiple External Representations Environment for Novice Program Comprehension
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Wei, Liew Tze; Sazilah, Salam – Journal of Interactive Learning Research, 2012
This study investigated the effects of visual cues in multiple external representations (MER) environment on the learning performance of novices' program comprehension. Program codes and flowchart diagrams were used as dual representations in multimedia environment to deliver lessons on C-Programming. 17 field independent participants and 16 field…
Descriptors: Programming, Multimedia Materials, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Science Education
Cognitive Style and Its Effect on the Stages of Programming.
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Bishop-Clark, Cathy – Journal of Research on Computing in Education, 1995
Presents a model that suggests the cognitive style and personality traits that are likely to affect programming stages and empirically investigates 1 portion of that model with 192 college students. Correlations between results from the Group Embedded Figures Test and design and coding tasks are discussed. (LRW)
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Computer Science Education
Cognitive and Affective Variables and Their Relationships to Performance in a Lotus 1-2-3 Class.
Guster, Dennis; Batt, Richard – Collegiate Microcomputer, 1989
Describes study of two-year college students that was conducted to determine whether variables that were predictors of success in a programing class were also predictors of success in a package-oriented computer class using Lotus 1-2-3. Diagraming skill, critical thinking ability, spatial discrimination, and test anxiety level were examined. (11…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Analysis of Variance, Community Colleges, Computer Science Education