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Ezeamuzie, Ndudi O. – Education and Information Technologies, 2023
Several instructional approaches have been advanced for learning programming. However, effective ways of engaging beginners in programming in K-12 are still unclear, especially among low socioeconomic status learners in technology-deprived learning environments. Understanding the learning path of novice programmers will bridge this gap and explain…
Descriptors: Programming, Constructivism (Learning), Programming Languages, Computer Science Education
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Mladenovic, Monika; Boljat, Ivica; Žanko, Žana – Education and Information Technologies, 2018
Novice programmers are facing many difficulties while learning to program. Most studies about misconceptions in programming are conducted at the undergraduate level, yet there is a lack of studies at the elementary school (K-12) level, reasonably because computer science neither programming are regularly still not the part of elementary school…
Descriptors: Programming, Misconceptions, Elementary School Students, Teaching Methods
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Žanko, Žana; Mladenovic, Monika; Boljat, Ivica – Education and Information Technologies, 2019
There are known misconceptions about variables which are mostly the same since the first studies since more than 30 years ago. Consciousness about the misconceptions in programming can be crucial for teaching and learning programming for novices because, if we are aware of them, maybe we can minimise or even prevent them. Researchers mostly…
Descriptors: Misconceptions, Elementary Secondary Education, Programming, Programming Languages
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Hayat, Khizar; Al-Shukaili, Naeem Ali; Sultan, Khalid – Education and Information Technologies, 2017
The success of university-level education depends on the quality of underlying school education and any deficiency therein may be detrimental to a student's career. This may be more glaring with Computer Science education, given its mercurial nature. In the developing countries, the Computer Science school curricula are usually stuffed with…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Teaching Methods, Elementary Secondary Education, Programming Languages