ERIC Number: EJ1141892
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016
Pages: 9
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An E-Learning Environment for Algorithmic: Toward an Active Construction of Skills
Babori, Abdelghani; Fassi, Hicham Fihri; Hariri, Abdellah; Bideq, Mustapha
World Journal on Educational Technology: Current Issues, v8 n2 p82-90 2016
Assimilating an algorithmic course is a persistent problem for many undergraduate students. The major problem faced by students is the lack of problem solving ability and flexibility. Therefore, students are generally passive, unmotivated and unable to mobilize all the acquired knowledge (loops, test, variables, etc.) to deal with new encountered problems. Our study is structured around building, step by step, problem solving skills among novice learners. Our approach is based on the use of problem based learning in an e-Learning environment. We begin by establishing a cognitive model which represents knowledge elements, grouped into categories of skills, judged necessary to be appropriated. We then propose a problem built on a concrete situation which aims to actively construct a skill category. We conclude by presenting around the proposed problem a pedagogical scenario for the set of learning activities designed to be incorporated in an E-learning platform.
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Problem Solving, Novices, Problem Based Learning, Electronic Learning, Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Teaching Models, Learning Activities, Vignettes, Mathematics Skills
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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