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Direct linkBen-Ari, Mordechai – Computer Science Education, 2004
Sociocultural theories of learning such as Wenger and Lave's situated learning have been suggested as alternatives to cognitive theories of learning like constructivism. This article examines situated learning within the context of computer science (CS) education. Situated learning accurately describes some CS communities like open-source software…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Constructivism (Learning), Computer Science Education, Textbooks
Ragonis, Noa; Ben-Ari, Mordechai – Computer Science Education, 2005
This article describes research on the learning of object-oriented programming (OOP) by novices. During two academic years, we taught OOP to high school students, using Java and BlueJ. Our approach to teaching featured: objects-first, teaching composed classes relatively early, deferring the teaching of main methods, and focusing on class…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Investigations, Concept Teaching, Programming
