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Strömbäck, Filip; Mannila, Linda; Kamkar, Mariam – Informatics in Education, 2021
Concurrency is often perceived as difficult by students. One reason for this may be due to the fact that abstractions used in concurrent programs leave more situations undefined compared to sequential programs (e.g., in what order statements are executed), which makes it harder to create a proper mental model of the execution environment. Students…
Descriptors: College Students, Programming, Programming Languages, Concept Formation
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Bråting, Kajsa; Kilhamn, Cecilia – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2022
We characterize the recently included programming content in Swedish mathematics textbooks for elementary school. Especially, the connection between programming content and traditional mathematical content has been considered. The analytical tools used are based on the so-called 5E's, a theoretical framework of action, developed within the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Programming, Computer Science Education, Mathematics Instruction
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Ho, Curtis, Ed.; Lin, Grace, Ed. – Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education, 2015
The Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE) is an international, non-profit educational organization. The Association's purpose is to advance the knowledge, theory, and quality of teaching and learning at all levels with information technology. "E-Learn 2015: World Conference on E-Learning" took place in Kona,…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Educational Technology, Computer Science, Concept Formation
Booth, Shirley – 1990
This paper reports the results of a phenomenographic study which focused on identifying and describing the conceptions of programming and related phenomena of about 120 computer science and computer engineering students learning to program. The report begins by tracing developments in the students' conceptions of programming and its parts, and…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Concept Formation, Foreign Countries, Heuristics