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Direct linkCuervo-Cely, Karen D.; Restrepo-Calle, Felipe; Ramírez-Echeverry, Jhon J. – Journal of Information Technology Education: Research, 2022
Aim/Purpose: The purpose of this research is to examine the effect of computer-assisted gamification on the learning motivation of computer programming students. Background: The teaching-learning of computer programming involves challenges that imply using learning environments in which the student is actively involved. Gamification is an…
Descriptors: Game Based Learning, Student Motivation, Computer Science Education, Programming
Kaur, Amanpreet; Chahal, Kuljit Kaur – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2023
Computational thinking (CT) is an essential skill required for every individual in the digital era to become creative problem solvers. The purpose of this research is to investigate the relationships between computational thinking skills, the Big Five personality factors, and learning motivation using structural equation modeling (SEM). The…
Descriptors: Personality, Learning Motivation, Computation, Thinking Skills
Lin, Guan-Yu – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2016
This study has two central purposes: First, it examines not only the roles of gender and persistence in undergraduate computing majors' learning self-efficacy, computer self-efficacy, and programming self-efficacy but also Bandura's hypothesized sources of self-efficacy; second, it examines the influence of sources of efficacy on the three…
Descriptors: Sex Role, Persistence, Self Efficacy, Beliefs
Download full textYagci, Mustafa – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2016
High-level thinking and problem solving skill is one requirement of computer programming that most of the students experience problems with. Individual differences such as motivation, attitude towards programming, thinking style of the student, and complexity of the programming language have influence on students' success on programming. Thus,…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Programming Languages, Success, Student Motivation
Doube, Wendy; Lang, Catherine – Computer Science Education, 2012
A multimedia university programme with relatively equal numbers of male and female students in elective programming subjects provided a rare opportunity to investigate female motivation to study and pursue computer programming in a career. The MSLQ was used to survey 85 participants. In common with research into deterrence of females from STEM…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sex Stereotypes, Females, Self Efficacy
Hui, Tie Hui; Umar, Irfan Naufal – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2011
This study aims to investigate the effects of metaphors and pairing activity on programming performance of students with different self-regulated-learning (SRL) level. A total of 84 computing students were involved in this seven-week study, and they were randomly assigned either to a group that received a combination of metaphor and pair…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Discussion, Figurative Language, Teaching Methods
