Using Conceptual Models to Teach BASIC Computer Programming.

Bayman, Piraye; Mayer, Richard E.

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Publication Date: 1988

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Using Conceptual Models to Teach BASIC Computer Programming.

Bayman, Piraye; Mayer, Richard E.

Journal of Educational Psychology, v80 n3 p291-98 Sep 1988

BASIC programing was taught to 95 undergraduates from a manual emphasizing the language's syntax or from a manual that included additional material on the underlying semantics. Both approaches produced equivalent learning of syntactic features of BASIC; however, semantically trained students developed fewer misconceptions and performed better on problem solving. (TJH)

Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Higher Education, Instructional Materials, Misconceptions, Problem Solving, Programing, Semantics, Syntax, Undergraduate Students

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