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Umapathy, Karthikeyan; Ritzhaupt, Albert D.; Xu, Zhen – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2020
The purpose of this research was to examine college students' conceptions of learning computer science and approaches to learning computer science and to examine the relationships among these two important constructs and possible moderating factors. Student data (N = 193) were collected using the conceptions of learning computer science and the…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Prior Learning, Learning Motivation, Programming
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Imran, Hazra – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2023
Adding gaming elements to conventional teaching methodologies has gained a lot of attention because of its ability to incorporate an engaging, motivating, and fun-based environment. As a result, learners' dedication and performance are also better. Unfortunately, current gamification models do not consider the effect of different levels of…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Game Based Learning, Learning Motivation, Learner Engagement
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Theodoropoulos, Anastasios; Antoniou, Angeliki; Lepouras, George – ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 2017
Is there any relationship between students' cognitive style and the ability to learn programming through serious games? The aim of this work is to assess the learning effectiveness and motivational appeal of digital games for learning basic programming concepts, involving secondary education students. For this purpose, the Code.orgĀ®'s activity…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cognitive Style, Computer Science Education, Programming
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Witherspoon, Eben B.; Schunn, Christian D.; Higashi, Ross M.; Baehr, Emily C. – International Journal of STEM Education, 2016
Background: Robotics competitions are increasingly popular and potentially provide an on-ramp to computer science, which is currently highly gender imbalanced. However, within competitive robotics teams, student participation in programming is not universal. This study gathered surveys from over 500 elementary, middle, and high school robotics…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Robotics, Prior Learning, Correlation
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Mather, Richard – IAFOR Journal of Education, 2015
This paper explores the application of canonical gradient analysis to evaluate and visualize student performance and acceptance of a learning system platform. The subject of evaluation is a first year BSc module for computer programming. This uses "Ceebot," an animated and immersive game-like development environment. Multivariate…
Descriptors: Multivariate Analysis, Program Evaluation, Visualization, Programming
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Wang, Li-Chun; Chen, Ming-Puu – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2010
Learning to program is difficult for novices, even for those undergraduates who have majored in computer science. The study described in this paper has investigated the effects of game strategy and preference-matching on novice learners' flow experience and performance in learning to program using an experiential gaming activity. One hundred and…
Descriptors: Games, Program Effectiveness, Secondary School Students, Experiential Learning
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers