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Download full textLokkila, Erno; Christopoulos, Athanasios; Laakso, Mikko-Jussi – Informatics in Education, 2023
Prior programming knowledge of students has a major impact on introductory programming courses. Those with prior experience often seem to breeze through the course. Those without prior experience see others breeze through the course and disengage from the material or drop out. The purpose of this study is to demonstrate that novice student…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Programming, Computer Science Education, Markov Processes
Veerasamy, Ashok Kumar; Laakso, Mikko-Jussi; D'Souza, Daryl – Informatics in Education, 2022
Previous studies have proposed many indicators to assess the effect of student engagement in learning and academic achievement but have not yet been clearly articulated. In addition, while student engagement tracking systems have been designed, they rely on the log data but not on performance data. This paper presents results of a non-machine…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Educational Indicators, Learner Engagement, At Risk Students
Direct linkLokkila, Erno; Christopoulos, Athanasios; Laakso, Mikko-Jussi – Journal of Information Systems Education, 2023
Educators who teach programming subjects are often wondering "which programming language should I teach first?" The debate behind this question has a long history and coming up with a definite answer to this question would be farfetched. Nonetheless, several efforts can be identified in the literature wherein pros and cons of mainstream…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Programming Languages, Probability, Error Patterns
Veerasamy, Ashok Kumar; D'Souza, Daryl; Lindén, Rolf; Laakso, Mikko-Jussi – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2019
Past research has shown that student problem-solving skills may be used to determine student final exam performance. This study reports on the relationship between student perceived problem-solving skills and academic performance in introductory programming, in formative and summative programming assessment tasks. We found that the more effective…
Descriptors: Novices, Programming, Introductory Courses, Summative Evaluation
Laakso, Mikko-Jussi; Kaila, Erkki; Rajala, Teemu – Education and Information Technologies, 2018
Automatically assessed exercises with immediate feedback can be a powerful tool for enhancing the effectiveness of education. In this article, we discuss the design and implementation of a collaborative learning tool called ViLLE. The design is based on experiences gathered from a previously developed and thoroughly researched visualization tool.…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Cooperative Learning, Visualization, Design
Veerasamy, Ashok Kumar; D'Souza, Daryl; Lindén, Rolf; Laakso, Mikko-Jussi – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2018
In this article, we report the results of the impact of prior programming knowledge (PPK) on lecture attendance (LA) and on subsequent final programming exam performance in a university level introductory programming course. This study used Spearman's rank correlation coefficient, multiple regression, Kruskal-Wallis, and Bonferroni correction…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Programming, Computer Science Education, Lecture Method
