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Mbogo, Chao; Blake, Edwin; Suleman, Hussein – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2014
The aim of this paper is to explore the use of an application that scaffolds the constructions of programs on a mobile device. The application was developed to support novice learners of programming outside the classroom. This paper reports on results of a first experiment conducted to evaluate the mobile application. The main research questions…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Programming, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Questionnaires
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Liebenberg, Janet; Huisman, Magda; Mentz, Elsa – Industry and Higher Education, 2015
There is a shortage of software developers with the right skills and knowledge, not only in South Africa but worldwide. Despite reports of gap between industry needs and software education, the gap has mostly been explored in developed countries and in quantitative studies. This paper reports on a mixed methods study of the perceptions of…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Programming, Job Skills, College Outcomes Assessment
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Schoeman, Marthie; Gelderblom, Helene; Muller, Helene – African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2013
Program visualization (PV) is one of the approaches to assist novices in introductory programming courses. We investigated the effect of a newly developed PV tool to teach tracing to first-year programming students at a South-African university. The tool takes the form of an interactive computer-based tutorial that teaches students how to draw…
Descriptors: Programming, Visualization, Distance Education, Educational Technology
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Mayisela, Tabisa – South African Journal of Education, 2013
Mobile technology is increasingly being used to support blended learning beyond computer centres. It has been considered as a potential solution to the problem of a shortage of computers for accessing online learning materials (courseware) in a blended learning course. The purpose of the study was to establish how the use of mobile technology…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Technology
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Govender, Irene; Govender, Desmond Wesley – African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2012
The teaching of programming and problem solving has been a challenge and has excited much debate in the literature, so too has been the use of learning management systems (LMSs) to facilitate teaching and enhance learning. In this case study we explore students' perceptions and expectations of the effectiveness of using a constructivist approach…
Descriptors: Programming, Constructivism (Learning), Expectation, Instructional Effectiveness
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Breed, Betty; Mentz, Elsa; van der Westhuizen, Gert – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2014
Introduction: The research focused on metacognition in a collaborative learning setting. Based on a comprehensive literature study the researchers designed a metacognitive teaching-learning strategy for pair programmers. Our purpose was to investigate the influence of this metacognitive teaching-learning strategy during pair programming in an…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Cooperative Learning, Meta Analysis, Mixed Methods Research
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Hahn, Jan Hendrik; Mentz, Elsa; Meyer, Lukas – African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2012
The aim of the research was to determine to what extent students' perceptions of assessment (peer, self, fascilitator and individual) in pair programming situations changed from the beginning to the end of a programming module. In order to achieve this aim, both quantitative and qualitative research methods were used. During the quantitative phase…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Programming, Evaluation Methods, Statistical Analysis
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Mentz, Elsa; Goosen, Leila – South African Journal of Education, 2007
We discuss teachers' perception of the use of group work in the Information Technology (IT) classroom. We describe the current situation regarding the implementation of group work in IT classrooms in South Africa as well as the challenges that IT teachers face when implementing group work. This information will be used in further research to…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Classroom Techniques, Teamwork, Cooperative Learning
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Naidoo, N.; Naidoo, R. – Journal of College Teaching & Learning, 2007
Primary school learners' first encounters with mathematics in a traditional learning environment often create lifelong "math phobia."(Papert 1980) The situation in a country emerging from an oppressive education system designed to educationally disempower the majority of the population is much worse. The typical scenario in a previously…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Conventional Instruction, Mathematics Instruction