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Direct linkAkkaya, Ali; Akpinar, Yavuz – Computer Science Education, 2022
Background and Context: Though still a nascent area of research, serious games have been presented as means of engaging students in computer programming and computational thinking due to their immersive and interactive nature. Existing research is limited in its ability to provide systems based on sound instructional design models, and only a few…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Educational Games, Instructional Design, Programming
Thompson, Errol; Kinshuk – Computer Science Education, 2011
Object-oriented programming is seen as a difficult skill to master. There is considerable debate about the most appropriate way to introduce novice programmers to object-oriented concepts. Is it possible to uncover what the critical aspects or features are that enhance the learning of object-oriented programming? Practitioners have differing…
Descriptors: Expertise, Novices, Phenomenology, Learning Processes
Thota, Neena; Whitfield, Richard – Computer Science Education, 2010
This article describes a holistic approach to designing an introductory, object-oriented programming course. The design is grounded in constructivism and pedagogy of phenomenography. We use constructive alignment as the framework to align assessments, learning, and teaching with planned learning outcomes. We plan learning and teaching activities,…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Undergraduate Students, Investigations, Action Research
Ragonis, Noa; Ben-Ari, Mordechai – Computer Science Education, 2005
This article describes research on the learning of object-oriented programming (OOP) by novices. During two academic years, we taught OOP to high school students, using Java and BlueJ. Our approach to teaching featured: objects-first, teaching composed classes relatively early, deferring the teaching of main methods, and focusing on class…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Investigations, Concept Teaching, Programming
Sien, Ven Yu – Computer Science Education, 2011
Object-oriented analysis and design (OOAD) is not an easy subject to learn. There are many challenges confronting students when studying OOAD. Students have particular difficulty abstracting real-world problems within the context of OOAD. They are unable to effectively build object-oriented (OO) models from the problem domain because they…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Science Education, Undergraduate Students, Computer Software
Sicilia, Miguel-Angel – Computer Science Education, 2006
A considerable amount of experiences in teaching object-oriented concepts using the Java language have been reported to date, some of which describe language pitfalls and concrete learning difficulties. In this paper, a number of additional issues that have been experienced as difficult for students to master, along with approaches intended to…
Descriptors: Learning Problems, Learning Strategies, Programming, Programming Languages
