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Peng, Jun; Wang, Minhong; Sampson, Demetrios; van Merriënboer, Jeroen J. G. – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2019
Project-based learning (PjBL) has been widely promoted in educational practice, for example, computer programming education. While PiBL may help learners to connect abstract knowledge with authentic practice, the complexity of completing an authentic project may overwhelm learners, making them unable to achieve the desired learning outcomes. This…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Programming, Visualization, Active Learning

Dyck, Jennifer L.; Mayer, Richard E. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1989
Computer-naive university students (N=124) were taught the BASIC programing language by solving and receiving feedback on program comprehension problems stated in BASIC or on corresponding problems stated in English followed by problems stated in BASIC. Results support a sequential method of instruction beginning with use of natural language…
Descriptors: College Students, Comprehension, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Science Education