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ERIC Number: EJ489682
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1994
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0888-6504
Mental Models and Transfer of Learning in Computer Programming.
Shih, Yu-Fen; Alessi, Stephen M.
Journal of Research on Computing in Education, v26 n2 p154-75 Win 1993-94
Reports on a study investigating the effects of conceptual models (computer graphics and animation) on learning and transfer of code evaluation and generation skills of novice programmers; changes in declarative knowledge during skill acquisition; relationships between the quality of subjects' mental models and performance in skill learning and transfer. (Contains 37 references.) (KRN)
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics, Higher Education, Instructional Improvement, Learning, Learning Theories, Performance, Pretests Posttests, Programming, Skill Development, Tables (Data), Thinking Skills, Transfer of Training, Undergraduate Students
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Computer Animation; Conceptual Models; Mental Models; Novices