This research is focused on how to support students' acquisition of program construction skills through worked examples. Although examples have been consistently proven to be valuable for student's learning, the learning technology for computer science education lacks program construction examples with interactive elements that could engage students. The goal of this work is to investigate the value of the ``engaging'' features in programming examples. We introduce PCEX, an online tool developed to present program construction examples in an engaging fashion. We also present the results of a controlled study with a between-subject design that was conducted in a large introductory Python programming class to compare PCEX with non-interactive worked examples focused on program construction. The results of our study show the positive impact of interactive program construction examples on student's engagement, problem-solving performance, and learning.
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Improving Engagement in Program Construction Examples for Learning Python Programming | SpringerLink
%0 Journal Article
%1 Hosseini2020
%A Hosseini, Roya
%A Akhuseyinoglu, Kamil
%A Brusilovsky, Peter
%A Malmi, Lauri
%A Pollari-Malmi, Kerttu
%A Schunn, Christian
%A Sirkiä, Teemu
%D 2020
%J International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education
%K engagement examples myown programming progtutor python worked-out-examples
%R 10.1007/s40593-020-00197-0
%T Improving Engagement in Program Construction Examples for Learning Python Programming
%U https://doi.org/10.1007/s40593-020-00197-0
%X This research is focused on how to support students' acquisition of program construction skills through worked examples. Although examples have been consistently proven to be valuable for student's learning, the learning technology for computer science education lacks program construction examples with interactive elements that could engage students. The goal of this work is to investigate the value of the ``engaging'' features in programming examples. We introduce PCEX, an online tool developed to present program construction examples in an engaging fashion. We also present the results of a controlled study with a between-subject design that was conducted in a large introductory Python programming class to compare PCEX with non-interactive worked examples focused on program construction. The results of our study show the positive impact of interactive program construction examples on student's engagement, problem-solving performance, and learning.
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abstract = {This research is focused on how to support students' acquisition of program construction skills through worked examples. Although examples have been consistently proven to be valuable for student's learning, the learning technology for computer science education lacks program construction examples with interactive elements that could engage students. The goal of this work is to investigate the value of the ``engaging'' features in programming examples. We introduce PCEX, an online tool developed to present program construction examples in an engaging fashion. We also present the results of a controlled study with a between-subject design that was conducted in a large introductory Python programming class to compare PCEX with non-interactive worked examples focused on program construction. The results of our study show the positive impact of interactive program construction examples on student's engagement, problem-solving performance, and learning.},
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author = {Hosseini, Roya and Akhuseyinoglu, Kamil and Brusilovsky, Peter and Malmi, Lauri and Pollari-Malmi, Kerttu and Schunn, Christian and Sirki{\"a}, Teemu},
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journal = {International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education},
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title = {Improving Engagement in Program Construction Examples for Learning Python Programming},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1007/s40593-020-00197-0},
year = 2020
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