Approaches to manage and understand student engagement in programming

Open Education Studies

Tavares Paula Correia¹  Gomes Elsa Ferreira²  Vieira Diogo Manuel³  Henriques Pedro Rangel⁴ 

[1] School of Engineering, Polytechnic of Porto & Centro Algoritmi;School of Engineering, Polytechnic of Porto & INESC TEC, Portugal;School of Engineering, Polytechnic of Porto;School of Engineering, University of Minho & Centro Algoritmi;

关键词: automatic evaluation;    educational data mining;    motivation;    program animation;    association rules;   

DOI  :  10.1515/edu-2022-0005

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Computer Programming Learners usually fail to get approved in introductory courses because solving problems using computers is a complex task. The most important reason for that failure is concerned with motivation; motivation strongly impacts on the learning process. In this paper we discuss how techniques like program animation, and automatic evaluation can be combined to help the teacher in Computer Programming courses. In the article, PEP system will be introduced to explain how it supports teachers in classroom and how it engages students on study sessions outside the classroom. To support that work, students’ motivation was studied; to complement that study, a survey involving students attending the first year of Algorithms and Programming course of an Engineering degree was done. It is also presented a tool to analyse surveys, using association rules.

【 授权许可】

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