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Forrester, Chiara; Schwikert, Shane; Foster, James; Corwin, Lisa – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2022
The ability to program in R, an open-source statistical program, is increasingly valued across job markets, including ecology. The benefits of teaching R to undergraduates are abundant, but learning to code in R may induce anxiety for students, potentially leading to negative learning outcomes and disengagement. Anecdotes suggest a gender…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Coding, Programming Languages, Anxiety
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Buteau, Chantal; Gueudet, Ghislaine; Muller, Eric; Mgombelo, Joyce; Sacristán, Ana Isabel – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2020
The instrumental approach is a useful theoretical lens for understanding students' learning processes with a main focus on the transformation of an artefact (a human design for a goal-directed activity) into a meaningful instrument (i.e. an artefact and schemes developed by the student). In this paper, we articulate the instrumental approach for…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, College Mathematics, Programming Languages, Active Learning
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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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Sharp, Jason H.; Sharp, Laurie A. – Journal of Information Technology Education: Innovations in Practice, 2017
Aim/Purpose: Compared student academic performance on specific course requirements in a C# programming course across three instructional approaches: traditional, online, and flipped. Background: Addressed the following research question--When compared to the online and traditional instructional approaches, does the flipped instructional approach…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Academic Achievement, Conventional Instruction, Web Based Instruction
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Ibáñez, Maria-Blanca; Di-Serio, Ángela; Delgado-Kloos, Carlos – IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, 2014
Gamification is the use of game design elements in non-game settings to engage participants and encourage desired behaviors. It has been identified as a promising technique to improve students' engagement which could have a positive impact on learning. This study evaluated the learning effectiveness and engagement appeal of a gamified learning…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Computer Science Education
Mok, Heng Ngee – Online Submission, 2011
Differentiated instruction in the form of tiered take-home lab exercises was implemented for students of an undergraduate-level programming course. This paper attempts to uncover the perceptions and usage patterns of students toward these new lab exercises using a comprehensive survey. Findings reveal that these tiered exercises are generally very…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Cooperative Learning, Programming, Individualized Instruction