Exploration on the impact of online supported methods for novice programmers

Programming is a challenging subject to students who are exploring it for the very first time. Common problems faced by the students are difficult to break down the main problem to sub-problems, providing a solution to the problem using specific steps and placing the different steps in the corr...

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Main Author: Sim, Tze Ying *
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Language:English
Published: 2015
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description Programming is a challenging subject to students who are exploring it for the very first time. Common problems faced by the students are difficult to break down the main problem to sub-problems, providing a solution to the problem using specific steps and placing the different steps in the correct order to solve the problem. Three online supported methods are implemented in a programming 1 class across three semesters. They are online group discussion using Facebook group, the hour of code activities provided by code.org, and online journaling using Google Form. The impact of the three different are being discussed. It is observed that all the three methods increased students engagement towards the subject. Students posed questions, gave feedback and participated actively in the class. More study is needed to determine the impact of these methods toward students grade.
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spelling sunway-17382021-04-26T04:07:20Z http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/1738/ Exploration on the impact of online supported methods for novice programmers Sim, Tze Ying * LB2300 Higher Education QA76 Computer software Programming is a challenging subject to students who are exploring it for the very first time. Common problems faced by the students are difficult to break down the main problem to sub-problems, providing a solution to the problem using specific steps and placing the different steps in the correct order to solve the problem. Three online supported methods are implemented in a programming 1 class across three semesters. They are online group discussion using Facebook group, the hour of code activities provided by code.org, and online journaling using Google Form. The impact of the three different are being discussed. It is observed that all the three methods increased students engagement towards the subject. Students posed questions, gave feedback and participated actively in the class. More study is needed to determine the impact of these methods toward students grade. 2015 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed text en cc_by_nc_4 http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/1738/1/Sim%20TY%20exploration-impact-online-ieee.pdf Sim, Tze Ying * (2015) Exploration on the impact of online supported methods for novice programmers. In: IEEE International Conference on Engineering, Technology and Education, 24-26 August 2015, Malacca, Malaysia. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7403505
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Sim, Tze Ying *
Exploration on the impact of online supported methods for novice programmers
title Exploration on the impact of online supported methods for novice programmers
title_full Exploration on the impact of online supported methods for novice programmers
title_fullStr Exploration on the impact of online supported methods for novice programmers
title_full_unstemmed Exploration on the impact of online supported methods for novice programmers
title_short Exploration on the impact of online supported methods for novice programmers
title_sort exploration on the impact of online supported methods for novice programmers
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QA76 Computer software
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