Redesigning introductory computer programming with HTML, JavaScript, and Java

Mahmoud, Qusay H.; Dobosiewicz, W.; Swayne, David A.

doi:10.1145/971300.971344

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“…Some authors address the language problem by using multiple languages in the same course. Their papers are often just descriptive in nature and positive in outlook [43,402], but Martínez-Valdés et al [418] somewhat refreshingly present their negative experience with the sequence of Scratch and Java.…”

Section: Programming Languagesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Introductory programming: a systematic literature review

Luxton-Reilly

Simón

Albluwi

et al. 2018

Proceedings Companion of the 23rd Annual ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education

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127

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As computing becomes a mainstream discipline embedded in the school curriculum and acts as an enabler for an increasing range of academic disciplines in higher education, the literature on introductory programming is growing. Although there have been several reviews that focus on specific aspects of introductory programming, there has been no broad overview of the literature exploring recent trends across the breadth of introductory programming.This paper is the report of an ITiCSE working group that conducted a systematic review in order to gain an overview of the introductory programming literature. Partitioning the literature into papers addressing the student, teaching, the curriculum, and assessment, we explore trends, highlight advances in knowledge over the past 15 years, and indicate possible directions for future research.

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Section: Programming Languagesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Introductory programming: a systematic literature review

Luxton-Reilly

Simón

Albluwi

et al. 2018

Proceedings Companion of the 23rd Annual ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education

362

127

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“…Mahmoud, Dodosiewicz, and Swayne (2004) argued that course design is contributing to the high failure and dropout rates in IP courses. They designed a course with “two goals in mind: to improve the students experience in their first computer programming; and to achieve retention in the new program” (p. 120).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Impact of a New Teaching and Learning Approach in an Introductory Programming Course

Malik

Coldwell-Neilson

2017

Journal of Educational Computing Research

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High failure and dropout rates are reported in introductory programming (IP) courses in different studies despite extensive research attempting to address the issue. In this study, we introduced an ADRI (Approach, Deployment, Result, Improvement) approach in the teaching and learning process of an IP course to improve learning and success rates. All three entities of the didactic triangle (student, instructor, and content) were involved in the research to better understand and execute the proposed approach. The IP course materials were redesigned based on the ADRI approach, and an editor was developed to promote the new approach and encourage students to complete the various stages required in the approach. Two surveys were conducted, and final exam grades over four semesters were compared with determine the impact of including the ADRI approach in the course. We concluded that the ADRI approach provides a positive impact on outcomes that the students achieved during the course. It engages students in practicing their programming skills and provides a new presentation style for examples and exercises which discourages students from taking programming shortcuts. It not only helps to reduce the failure and, significantly, the dropout rates from the IP course but also impacts positively on all students who passed the IP course.

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“…The result shows that students passed the course with a high average mark. References [35] also integrated web services in the introductory programming course for female students.…”

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Social Factors Influence on Career Choices for Female Computer Science Students

Malik¹,

Al-Emran²

2018

Int. J. Emerg. Technol. Learn.

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The low and shrinking numbers of female students studying computer science is a well-known problem in most of the western countries. The dominant perception about computer science field considered it as a masculine domain. In contrast, this study was performed in the IT department where female students are dominant compared to male students. The purpose of this study is to explore the influence of different factors on female students in choosing a career in the IT field. A survey was deployed to collect responses of female students in the IT department. The results show that female students are interested in computer science stream and nullify the dominant perception of computer science as a masculine domain. They want to learn technology, become an active member of the digital native world, and interested in coding literacy.

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Redesigning introductory computer programming with HTML, JavaScript, and Java

Cited by 16 publications

References 4 publications

Introductory programming: a systematic literature review

Introductory programming: a systematic literature review

Impact of a New Teaching and Learning Approach in an Introductory Programming Course

Social Factors Influence on Career Choices for Female Computer Science Students

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