The 'Art' of Programming

Moskal, Adon Christian Michael; Gasson, Joy; Parsons, Dale

doi:10.1145/3105726.3106170

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“…In the 'Art' of Programming project, Moskal et al [37] requested study participants (first-year students) to draw what they imagine when asked, "What does programming mean to you?" The Fig.…”

Section: Studies Of Learning Embedded Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Our study comprised of four steps: In step 1, we wanted to gather information about students' perceptions of the functional aspects of electronics and embedded programming. Therefore, we asked them to visualize their thoughts on these topics in a drawing task inspired by and adapted from previous research that investigated students' perceptions when learning to program [37,46].…”

Section: Study 2: Student Perceptions Using Flowboardmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Flowboard: How Seamless, Live, Flow-Based Programming Impacts Learning to Code for Embedded Electronics

Brocker

Schäfer

Remy

et al. 2023

ACM Trans. Comput.-Hum. Interact.

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Toolkits like the Arduino system have brought embedded programming to STEM education. However, learning embedded programming is still hard, requiring an understanding of coding, electronics, and how both sides interact. To investigate the opportunities of using a different programming paradigm than the imperative approach to learning embedded coding, we developed Flowboard . Students code in a visual iPad editor using flow-based programming , which is conceptually closer to circuit diagrams than imperative code. Two breadboards with I/O pins mirrored on the iPad connect electronics and program graph more seamlessly than existing IDEs. Program changes take effect immediately. This liveness reflects circuit behavior better than edit-compile-run loops. A first study confirmed that students can solve basic embedded programming tasks with Flowboard while highlighting important differences to a typical imperative IDE, Ardublock. A second, in-depth study provided qualitative insights into Flowboard’s impact on students’ conceptual models of electronics and embedded programming and exploring those.

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Section: Studies Of Learning Embedded Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Study 2: Student Perceptions Using Flowboardmentioning

confidence: 99%