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Schoeman, Marthie; Gelderblom, Helene; Muller, Helene – African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2013
Program visualization (PV) is one of the approaches to assist novices in introductory programming courses. We investigated the effect of a newly developed PV tool to teach tracing to first-year programming students at a South-African university. The tool takes the form of an interactive computer-based tutorial that teaches students how to draw…
Descriptors: Programming, Visualization, Distance Education, Educational Technology
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Govender, Irene; Govender, Desmond Wesley – African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2012
The teaching of programming and problem solving has been a challenge and has excited much debate in the literature, so too has been the use of learning management systems (LMSs) to facilitate teaching and enhance learning. In this case study we explore students' perceptions and expectations of the effectiveness of using a constructivist approach…
Descriptors: Programming, Constructivism (Learning), Expectation, Instructional Effectiveness