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Understanding novice programmer difficulties via guided learning

Content Provider	ACM Digital Library
Author	Mohamed Shuhidan, Shuhaida Hamilton, Margaret D'Souza, Daryl
Abstract	Learning to program is known to be problematic for a significant number of students as evidenced by high failure rates reported by Computer Science schools. Students either fail to comprehend a range of fundamental programming concepts or carry misunderstandings and misconceptions about programming well into the semester, leading to summative assessment failures. Multiple choice questions in summative assessments are a popular choice of instrument to test novice learners of programming, yet during their formative stages such questions are typically used in the traditional "practice" or "rote learning" contexts, leaving gaps in understanding of programming concepts. In this paper we report the use of multiple choice exercises in a guided learning approach, within the learning context of novice programmers who are typically first-time university students of a Computer Science program. In addition to the use of multiple choice questions for practice, we propose a guided learning tool to identify cognitive lapses in learning programming. We report results of a pilot study that uses a partially-completed guided learning tool, to prevent students at the outset from falling into the cognitive traps that often ensnare the novice programmer.
Starting Page	213
Ending Page	217
Page Count	5
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781450306973
DOI	10.1145/1999747.1999808
Language	English
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Publisher Date	2011-06-27
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Subject Keyword	Bloom's taxonomy Novice programmer Programming
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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