A graduate student-led participatory live-coding quantitative methods course in R: Experiences on initiating, developing, and teaching

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occupancyTuts: Occupancy modelling tutorials with RPresence

“…The R package, occupancyTuts , provides a new entry into teaching quantitative methods to students of ecology. As an open‐access contribution available to anyone with access to a computer and internet for download, occupancyTut s provides one option for increasing quantitative training opportunities for students that can be used in both in‐person and on‐line classrooms (Bachner & O'Bryrne, 2019; Touchon & McCoy, 2016), workshops (LaTourrette et al., 2021), clubs (Hagan, 2020; Johnston et al., 2019), or as an independent study. The use of learnr as an instructional tool builds not only background in ecology theory and statistical underpinnings, but also builds confidence in coding (Juavinett, 2022) and performance (Freeman et al., 2014).…”

Ten quick tips for teaching with participatory live coding

“…The Carpentries teaches participatory live coding explicitly as a technique when training new instructors [5]. Increasingly, university courses involving the teaching of programming or related techniques employ the method (https://lexnederbragt.com/bios1100) [6].…”

Learning Styles Impact Students’ Perceptions on Active Learning Methodologies: A Case Study on the Use of Live Coding and Short Programming Exercises

“…Traditional teaching methods often struggle to engage students effectively in this domain. However, active learning methodologies, such as live coding [2], have emerged as valuable tools to address these difficulties and enhance the learning experience for aspiring programmers [3]. Most of the experiences in the literature report that observing the process of program planning and implementation makes a difference in student learning [4][5][6] and engagement [6][7][8].…”

“…The main assumption of this work is that different learning styles [17] can indeed influence the benefits of using live coding in the classroom [2]. For example, for active learners, who exhibit a preference for interacting with learning materials through active participation in activities, the visual aspect of live coding, where they can see the code being written and executed in real-time, seems to be highly beneficial.…”