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Peiris, K. Dharini Amitha; Gallupe, R. Brent – Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education, 2018
Recommender-driven online learning systems (ROLS) are at the forefront of new computer-based learning. They incorporate machine learning to allow learning-by-doing, generating personalized recommendations in the process. This article describes the evaluations of a new type of online learning systems, ROLS. This evaluation was carried out in three…
Descriptors: Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Computer Science Education, Programming Languages, Conventional Instruction
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Cakiroglu, Unal – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2012
This study investigated the effect of blended learning on novices' understandings of the introductory programming. A quasi-experimental design with participants of preservice computer and instructional technologies teachers, one control group (CG, N =64) and one experimental group (EG, N=61) who received the course 11 weeks. While face-to-face…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Novices, Retention (Psychology), Preservice Teacher Education
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Coller, B. D.; Scott, M. J. – Computers & Education, 2009
One of the core courses in the undergraduate mechanical engineering curriculum has been completely redesigned. In the new numerical methods course, all assignments and learning experiences are built around a video/computer game. Students are given the task of writing computer programs to race a simulated car around a track. In doing so, students…
Descriptors: Concept Mapping, Methods Courses, Undergraduate Study, Video Games
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Alonso, Fernando; Manrique, Daniel; Vines, Jose M. – Computers & Education, 2009
This paper presents a novel instructional model for e-learning and an evaluation study to determine the effectiveness of this model for teaching Java language programming to information technology specialists working for the Spanish Public Administration. This is a general-purpose model that combines objectivist and constructivist learning…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Distance Education, Information Technology, Foreign Countries
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Schmidt, Cecil – Journal of Information Systems Education, 2007
The purpose of this study was to determine if a case-based reasoning tool would improve a student's understanding of the complex concepts in a Java programming course. Subjects for the study were randomly assigned from two sections of an introductory Java programming course. Posttests were used to measure the effects of the case-based reasoning…
Descriptors: Programming, Case Method (Teaching Technique), Logical Thinking, Computer Science Education
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Chee, Yam San – Instructional Science, 1995
Reviews traditional approaches to learning and education, and examines the use of cognitive apprenticeship as an improved approach. Explores and evaluates the application of cognitive apprenticeship to the teaching of the programming language Smalltalk in a multimedia-based interactive learning environment. Sample computer screens depicting…
Descriptors: Conventional Instruction, Education, Educational Environment, Futures (of Society)
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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