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ERIC Number: EJ388058
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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Using Conceptual Models to Teach BASIC Computer Programming.
Bayman, Piraye; Mayer, Richard E.
Journal of Educational Psychology, v80 n3 p291-98 Sep 1988
BASIC programing was taught to 95 undergraduates from a manual emphasizing the language's syntax or from a manual that included additional material on the underlying semantics. Both approaches produced equivalent learning of syntactic features of BASIC; however, semantically trained students developed fewer misconceptions and performed better on problem solving. (TJH)
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Higher Education, Instructional Materials, Misconceptions, Problem Solving, Programing, Semantics, Syntax, Undergraduate Students
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: BASIC Programing Language; Cognitive Change Model; Conceptual Models