Mathematics and programming: marriage or divorce?

Souza, Lucas Mendonca de; Ferreira, Bernardo Martins; Felix, Igor Moreira; Brandão, Leônidas de Oliveira; Brandão, Anarosa Alves Franco; Pereira, Patrícia Alves Rosado

doi:10.1109/edunine.2019.8875849

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“…An important outcome of this research is that the mathematical qualifications of participants did not have a statistically significant prediction on any of the results. Contrary to some of the previous work conducted in this area [94]- [97], the participants' mathematical qualifications was not a statistically significant predictor on their a) perspective on the difficulty of computer programming; b) intrinsic motivation in learning computer programming; c) perception of knowledge in programming constructs used in the game and d) knowledge check scores.…”

Section: Discussioncontrasting

confidence: 99%

Enhancing Confidence in Using Computational Thinking Skills via Playing a Serious Game: A Case Study to Increase Motivation in Learning Computer Programming

Kazimoglu

2020

IEEE Access

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Section: Discussioncontrasting

confidence: 99%

Enhancing Confidence in Using Computational Thinking Skills via Playing a Serious Game: A Case Study to Increase Motivation in Learning Computer Programming

Kazimoglu

2020

IEEE Access

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“…This study follows the method proposed by Souza et al that had promising results, even though they were not conclusive [Souza et al 2019].…”

Section: Researchmentioning

confidence: 94%

“…Souza et al applied a mathematical abilities test involving abstraction, logical thinking, decomposition and algorithm design and found a p-value of 0.07 with a significance level of 0.05 [Souza et al 2019]. Even though the results were not conclusive, the low quantity of students participating on the experiment may have affected their data.…”

Section: Why Is Learning How To Program Difficult?mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In 2006 Wing defined Computational Thinking (CT) and caught the attention of the community leading researchers to study the importance of teaching computational concepts on all educational levels [Grover and Pea 2013]. The definition given by Wing broadens the application of computer science competences not only to programming, but as skills for everyone [Souza et al 2019].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The skills that are part of CT such as abstraction and decomposition [Wing 2006] are essential in the process of learning how to program. Considering that, Souza et al researched researched a way to identify students that have higher probability to face difficulties when learning how to program [Souza et al 2019]. Even though was not conclusive, due to the low amount of subjects [Souza et al 2019], it still showed promising results.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The Marriage of Mathematics and Programming

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Anais Do XXX Simpósio Brasileiro De Informática Na Educação (SBIE 2019)

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In a world where computing skills are a must have, programming is still a hard one to acquire and its courses have high failure rates. Numerous studies propose ways to help the early identification of students that might face difficulties and are more likely to fail a programming course. This study aims to find a correlation between their mathematical abilities and grades in an introductory computer science class following the method of a previous study that had promising results. Students were asked to answer a mathematical abilities test and had their results compared to their grades during the course using the Wilconxon-Mann-Whitney non-parametric test. The results indicate a strong correlation between mathematical abilities and programming potential.

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