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Zhang, Yingbin; Paquette, Luc; Pinto, Juan D.; Liu, Qianhui; Fan, Aysa Xuemo – Education and Information Technologies, 2023
It is widely recognized that debugging is challenging for novice programmers and, as such, computing educators and researchers have called for explicit debugging instruction. Debugging requires various knowledge and skills, and different students may show different strengths and weaknesses. An understanding of such individual differences is…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Programming, Novices, Troubleshooting
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Toni Taipalus; Hilkka Grahn; Saima Ritonummi; Valtteri Siitonen; Tero Vartiainen; Denis Zhidkikh – ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 2025
SQL compiler error messages are the primary way users receive feedback when they encounter syntax errors or other issues in their SQL queries. Effective error messages can enhance the user experience by providing clear, informative, and actionable feedback. Despite the age of SQL compilers, it still remains largely unclear what contributes to an…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Novices, Information Systems, Programming Languages
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Esche, Svana; Weihe, Karsten – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2023
Contribution: Most work on languages in computing education currently focuses on non-native speakers. In contrast, to the best of the authors' knowledge, this article is the first response to the call for research on terms that takes into account the terms used by novices in their language. Background: Terms are key factors in communication,…
Descriptors: Programming Languages, Computer Science Education, Misconceptions, Undergraduate Students
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Hugo G. Lapierre; Patrick Charland; Pierre-Majorique Léger – Computer Science Education, 2024
Background and Context: Current programming learning research often compares novices and experienced programmers, leaving early learning stages and emotional and cognitive states under-explored. Objective: Our study investigates relationships between cognitive and emotional states and learning performance in early stage programming learners with…
Descriptors: Programming, Computer Science Education, Psychological Patterns, Cognitive Processes
Carl Christopher Haynes-Magyar – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Novice programmers need well-designed instruction and assessment informed by research and critical perspectives to conquer the historical challenges associated with completing introductory computer programming courses successfully. These issues include high dropout and failure rates, the struggle to acquire and retain basic programming knowledge,…
Descriptors: Programming, Electronic Publishing, Books, Computer Science Education
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Lokkila, Erno; Christopoulos, Athanasios; Laakso, Mikko-Jussi – Informatics in Education, 2023
Prior programming knowledge of students has a major impact on introductory programming courses. Those with prior experience often seem to breeze through the course. Those without prior experience see others breeze through the course and disengage from the material or drop out. The purpose of this study is to demonstrate that novice student…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Programming, Computer Science Education, Markov Processes
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Elisaweta Ossovski; Michael Brinkmeier – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2024
Among students and lecturers of Computer Science (CS)-related subjects, there is often anecdotal talk that Frustration Tolerance (FT) is a requirement for success in CS studies or that students would learn it during their studies. In order to relate the anecdotal perception and the psychological concept of FT and to explore the anecdotal…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Majors (Students), Prerequisites, Required Courses
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Rashkovits, Rami; Lavy, Ilana – International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Education, 2020
The present study examines the difficulties novice data modelers face when asked to provide a data model addressing a given problem. In order to map these difficulties and their causes, two short data modeling problems were given to 82 students who had completed an introductory course in database modeling. Both problems involve three entity sets…
Descriptors: Models, Data, Undergraduate Students, Computer Science Education
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Malik, Sohail Iqbal; Tawafak, Ragad M.; Shakir, Mohanaad – International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Education, 2021
A teaching approach plays an important role in teaching and learning process of an introductory programming (IP) course. The teaching approach should focus on different programming skills required by novice programmers. In this study, we introduced the teaching and learning approach based on an ADRI (Approach, Deployment, Result, Improvement)…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Programming, Teaching Methods, Learning Processes
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Sbaraglia, Marco; Lodi, Michael; Martini, Simone – Informatics in Education, 2021
Introductory programming courses (CS1) are difficult for novices. Inspired by "Problem solving followed by instruction" and "Productive Failure" approaches, we define an original "necessity-driven" learning design. Students are put in an apparently well-known situation, but this time they miss an essential ingredient…
Descriptors: Programming, Introductory Courses, Computer Science Education, Programming Languages
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Simon D. Weaver; G. Alex Ambrose; Rebecca J. Whelan – Journal of Chemical Education, 2022
Students completing undergraduate majors in chemistry are not typically required to undergo formal training in computer programming or coding. As a result, many chemistry students are graduating without skills in understanding, writing, or manipulating computer code. This skills gap places students at a disadvantage, considering the widespread and…
Descriptors: Coding, Undergraduate Students, Majors (Students), Chemistry
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Govender, Reginald Gerald; Govender, Desmond Wesley – African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2021
The emphasis on programming and robotics owing to the unfolding of the Fourth Industrial Revolution on the African continent has led the South African National Department of Education to propose a new subject in Grades R to 9. Hence, the training and development of pre-service teachers is crucial so that they can respond to the skills needed in…
Descriptors: Programming Languages, Computer Science Education, Preservice Teachers, Undergraduate Students
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Ginat, David – Informatics in Education, 2021
The notion of algorithm may be perceived in different levels of abstraction. In the lower levels it is an operational set of instructions. In higher levels it may be viewed as an object with properties, solving a problem with characteristics. Novices mostly relate to the lower levels. Yet, higher levels are very relevant for them as well. We…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Computation, Comparative Analysis, Competence
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Zhi, Rui; Marwan, Samiha; Dong, Yihuan; Lytle, Nicholas; Price, Thomas W.; Barnes, Tiffany – International Educational Data Mining Society, 2019
Viewing worked examples before problem solving has been shown to improve learning efficiency in novice programming. Example-based feedback seeks to present smaller, adaptive worked example steps during problem solving. We present a method for automatically generating and selecting adaptive, example-based programming feedback using historical…
Descriptors: Data Use, Feedback (Response), Novices, Programming
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Elvina, Elvina; Karnalim, Oscar; Ayub, Mewati; Wijanto, Maresha Caroline – Journal of Technology and Science Education, 2018
Numerous Program Visualization tools (PVs) have been developed for assisting novice students to understand their source code further. However, none of them are practical to be used in the context of completing programming laboratory task; students are required to keep switching between PV and programming workspace since PV's features are…
Descriptors: Visualization, Programming, Computer Science Education, Intelligent Tutoring Systems
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