A Proposal of Grammar-Concept Understanding Problem in Java Programming Learning Assistant System

Aung, Soe Thandar; Funabiki, Nobuo; Syaifudin, Yan Watequlis; Kyaw, Htoo; Aung, Shune Lae; Dim, Nem Khan; Kao, Wen-Chung

doi:10.12720/jait.12.4.342-350

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“…The GUP generation algorithm in [3] for Java programming is modified for C programming by replacing the keywords and the questions as in Table 1. Then, it will generate a new GUP by the following steps: 1) Read a text file with C source code.…”

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“…After they sufficiently understand grammar concepts and aware code reading, students should solve the harder problems step-by-step before practicing code writing from scratch. Thus, JPLAS offers several types of exercise problems with different levels, Previously, for JPLAS, we presented the grammarconcept understanding problem (GUP) as the first-step study of basic grammar concepts or keywords in Java programming by novice students [3]. A GUP instance consists of a source code, a set of questions on grammar keywords appearing in the code, and the correct answers.…”

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[Paper] A Study of Grammar-Concept Understanding Problem in C Programming Learning Assistant System

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C programming is taught in introductory programming courses in many universities across the world. To assist self-studies of novice students, we have developed C programming learning assistant system (CPLAS). In this paper, we study the grammar-concept understanding problem (GUP) in CPLAS for first-step studies of understanding grammar concepts in C programming. Each question describes the definition of a keyword in a source code and requests to answer it. Any answer is verified through string matching. If a student cannot answer questions, he/she does not understand basic concepts and may be lost in C programming study. For GUP, we selected 66 keywords with questions, and generated 35 instances that cover them. The assignment results to 130 undergraduate students in Okayama and Nihon Universities revealed the difficult keywords and learning progresses of students.

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[Paper] A Study of Grammar-Concept Understanding Problem in C Programming Learning Assistant System

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“…The grammar-concept understanding problem (GUP) [2] offers questions about the source code's keywords by defining terms like reserved words and common libraries in programming languages. The value trace problem (VTP) [3], [4] requests the output values of significant variables and output messages in the provided source code.…”

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A Proposal of Code Modification Problem for Self-study of Web Client Programming Using JavaScript

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Mon³

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Adv. sci. technol. eng. syst. j.

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In current societies, web application systems take central roles in computer systems. Thus, web client programming using JavaScript has increased values to add dynamic features and functions in web pages by well working with HTML and CSS. In this paper, as a new type of exercise problem for its self-study, we propose a code modification problem (CMP). In CMP, a source code with HTML/CSS elements and JavaScript functions for study, and the screenshots of both the original and the slightly altered web pages are provided to the students, who will need to edit the source code to generate the modified page. The goal of CMP is for students to carefully read the source code and comprehend how to use the components and functions through modifying parameters, values, or messages there. String matching is used to check the correctness of any answer. Through solving CMP instances, the students are expected to master the basic concepts of web client programming. To evaluate the proposal, we generated and assigned 25 CMP instances to 37 students in Okayama University. In addition, we offered project assignments of freely implementing source codes by referring to solved CMP instances to evaluate their learning effects. With the solution results, the validity of the proposal has been confirmed.

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“…To help generating new MCP instances by a teacher, we present the MCP instance generation algorithm by modifying the one for GUP instances in [10]. First, reserved words and common library functions in C programming are listed up for candidates of mistaken elements in a code.…”

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A Proposal of Mistake Correction Problem for Debugging Study in C Programming Learning Assistant System

Jing¹,

Funabiki²,

Aung³

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IJIET

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Currently, C programming is taught as the first programming language in many universities around the world due to the easy-to-learn and middle-level nature. However, the confusing concepts of keywords and unfamiliar formality make it difficult for students to study. Therefore, we have previously developed C programming learning assistance system (CPLAS) for self-studies of novice students. CPLAS offers several types of exercise problems with the automatic answer marking by string matching. In this paper, we propose a mistake correction problem (MCP) for code debugging study as a new problem type in CPLAS. MCP requests to answer every mistaken element and its correction in a given corrupt source code. We list up reserved words and common library functions in C programming for candidates of mistaken elements, and implement the MCP instance generation algorithm. To help solving MCP instances by a student, we implement the answer interface that shows the line number of each mistake, the corrupt code and answer forms in parallel, and the hint of suggesting the first character of each answer. For evaluations of the proposal, we generate 20 instances with 91 mistakes for basic grammars, and assign them to 18 university students in Japan, China, and Indonesia. Their answer results confirm the effectiveness of MCP.

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A Proposal of Grammar-Concept Understanding Problem in Java Programming Learning Assistant System

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A Proposal of Mistake Correction Problem for Debugging Study in C Programming Learning Assistant System

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