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Bezuidenhout, Hanrie S.; Henning, Elizabeth – Pythagoras, 2022
The current quantitative study, a naturalistic field experiment, was conducted in a public primary school in Soweto, Johannesburg, with the objective to examine how children's achievement on four assessments at the beginning of Grade R, namely their numeracy, their mathematics-specific vocabulary, their executive functions, and their logical…
Descriptors: Programming Languages, Public Schools, Elementary School Students, Grade 1
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Efecan, Can Fatih; Sendag, Serkan; Gedik, Nuray – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2021
Learning programming is a painful process for most students, especially those learning text- based programming languages. In this study, based on the principle of Bandura's social learning theory, the vicarious real-life experiences of several pioneers in the field of IT and programming were presented as 15-minutes stories to a group of 9th…
Descriptors: Programming, Computer Science Education, Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis
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Alkaria, Ahmed; Alhassan, Riyadh – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2017
This study was conducted to examine the effect of in-service training of computer science teachers in Scratch language using an electronic learning platform on acquiring programming skills and attitudes towards teaching programming. The sample of this study consisted of 40 middle school computer science teachers. They were assigned into two…
Descriptors: Programming Languages, Programming, Electronic Learning, Inservice Teacher Education
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Yagci, 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
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Uysal, Murat Pasa – Interactive Learning Environments, 2016
Various methods and tools have been proposed to overcome the learning obstacles for Object-Oriented Programming (OOP). However, it remains difficult especially for novice learners. The problem may be not only adopting an instructional method, but also an Integrated Development Environment (IDE). Learners employ IDEs as a means to solve programming…
Descriptors: Evaluation, Educational Environment, Cognitive Processes, Difficulty Level
Hsiao, Sheng-Che; Lin, Janet Mei-Chuen; Kang, Jiin-Cherng – Online Submission, 2011
A quasi-experiment was conducted at an elementary school to investigate if guided collaboration would facilitate programming learning of 6 graders. Sixty-six students of two intact classes learned to program in KPL (kid's programming language) for 18 weeks during the experiment. One class was randomly assigned to the control group (i.e.,…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Programming Languages, Achievement Tests