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Rosenberg-Kima, Rinat B.; Merrill, M. David; Baylor, Amy L.; Johnson, Tristan E. – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2022
Novice programmers, who have yet to form effective mental models of the domain, often experience high cognitive load, low confidence, and high anxiety, negatively affecting learning and retention rates. These cognitive and affective limitations pose an instructional challenge. This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of a whole-task…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Novices, Programming

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