Deep and surface metacognitive processes in non-traditional programming tasks

Biró, Piroska; Csernoch, Mária

doi:10.1109/coginfocom.2014.7020507

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“…In the application contest, which started in 2004, apart from the first two years, the lowest number of schools and students participated in 2018. In a similar way, low-level academic knowledge was found by testing first-year students of informatics at starting their tertiary studies [40,49].…”

Section: Problems We Are Faced Withmentioning

confidence: 57%

“…In Grade Seven, the SOLO categories are almost equally distributed, while in Grade Eight, the multi-structural and the relational levels dominate, and in Grades Nine and Ten, the uni-and multi-structural levels dominate. Grade Eight students are the most confident, which is in complete accordance with their behavior as senior students (Figure 14) [42,49]. Figure 15 presents the cumulative SOLO categories assigned to the self-assessment values.…”

Section: Self-assessmentmentioning

confidence: 72%

“…The items of the problems were calculated recognizable pieces of the answers, which are detailed in the Chapters "Spreadsheet problems and their SOLO categories" and "Spreadsheet problems presented in the test". Furthermore, the items were converted into the SOLO (Structure of the Observed Learning Outcome) categories of understanding, which are widely accepted in teaching programming [49,50,65,66]. The usability of the SOLO categories on functional programming language problems has already been proven in previous studies [49,[56][57][58][59].…”

Section: Spreadsheet Problems and Their Solo Categoriesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Furthermore, the items were converted into the SOLO (Structure of the Observed Learning Outcome) categories of understanding, which are widely accepted in teaching programming [49,50,65,66]. The usability of the SOLO categories on functional programming language problems has already been proven in previous studies [49,[56][57][58][59]. Consequently, it was reasonable to apply the same method in these tasks.…”

Section: Spreadsheet Problems and Their Solo Categoriesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Beyond calculating the score of the students, the results are converted into the spreadsheet SOLO categories [49]. Based on the categorization, the frequency and the relative frequency of the students are calculated.…”

Section: Solo Categories: the Level Of Understandingmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Previous research proved that teaching spreadsheeting from a programming perspective is much more effective than the widely accepted tool-centered surface approach methods. Spreadsheeting as an introductory programming approach allows students to build up schemata leading to contextualized, concept-based problem-solving. Furthermore, it provides tools for real-world problem-solving in other disciplines, and supports knowledge-transfer to database management and “serious” programming. The present study provides the details of a nationwide testing of Grades 7–10 students on how they evaluate their spreadsheet knowledge, which classroom activities form their self-assessment values, and the results of three spreadsheet tasks evaluated by the SOLO categories of understanding. The comparison reveals that most students’ spreadsheet knowledge is pre-structural. On the other hand, they assess themselves much higher, which is primarily based on the number of activities carried out in classes. Traces of conscious problem-solving and knowledge-transfer within the scope of spreadsheeting are hardly detectable, while knowledge brought from mathematics is recognizable. In general, we found proof that the pieces of knowledge remain unconnected, not allowing students to reach the relational level of understanding and build up long-lasting knowledge.

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Section: Problems We Are Faced Withmentioning

confidence: 57%

Section: Self-assessmentmentioning

confidence: 72%