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Nikula, Uolevi; Sajaniemi, Jorma; Tedre, Matti; Wray, Stuart – Journal of Information Technology Education, 2007
Students often find that learning to program is hard. Introductory programming courses have high drop-out rates and students do not learn to program well. This paper presents experiences from three educational institutions where introductory programming courses were improved by adopting Python as the first programming language and roles of…
Descriptors: Programming Languages, Programming, Abstract Reasoning, Introductory Courses
Rajala, Teemu; Laakso, Mikko-Jussi; Kaila, Erkki; Salakoski, Tapio – Journal of Information Technology Education, 2008
Program visualization is one of the various methods developed over the years to aid novices with their difficulties in learning to program. It consists of different graphical--often animated--and textual objects, visualizing the execution of programs. The aim of program visualization is to enhance students' understanding of different areas of…
Descriptors: College Instruction, College Students, Control Groups, Visualization
Sorva, Juha; Karavirta, Ville; Korhonen, Ari – Journal of Information Technology Education, 2007
Expert programmers possess schemas, abstractions of concrete experiences, which help them solve programming problems and lessen the load on their working memory during problem solving. Possession of schemas is a key difference between novices and experts, which is why instructors need to help students construct them. One recent tool for…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Introductory Courses, Programming, Teaching Methods