Students’ Perception and Motivation Towards Programming

Zainal, Noor Faridatul Ainun; Shahrani, Shahrina; Yatim, Noor Faezah Mohd; Rahman, Rohizah Abd; Rahmat, Masura; Latih, Rodziah

doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2012.09.276

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“…The constructs exhibited direct and significant relationship between students' motivation on students' interest in mathematics as well as students' perception about mathematics on student interest in mathematics. The results was consistent with other earlier studies [18,19,46]. The results suggest that the more positively students perceive mathematics, the better their interest in mathematics.…”

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The Effect of Background on Students’ Interest in Mathematics: The Mediation of Students’ Motivation and Perception in Ghana

Arthur

2019

AJPAS

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The dependence of scientific and technological advancement on mathematics requires investigation into what affects students’ motivation in mathematics. The present study investigated the influence of students’ background (SB) as mediated by students’ perception (SP), and students’ motivation (SM) as predictor of students’ interest in mathematics (SIM). The study further presented an empirical structural equation models (SEM) that predicts students’ interest, students’ motivation and students’ perception in mathematics. Using cohort samples of randomly selected 1,263, participants completed researcher-designed and validated questionnaires with a-reliability of 0.74, 0.7, 0.68, 0.82 and 0.94 for SIM, SB, SM, SP and overall instrument reliability respectively. The results from the study at 5% alpha level indicated as statistically significant relationship between SP, SB, SM and SIM. SP, SB, SM explain 27.9% of variance in SIM. The study further revealed statistical significance between SB and SP such that SB explains 32.1%, of variance in SP. The study finally established statistically significant relationship between SB, SP and SM; the study confirms that SB and SP explain 31.6% of SM. The study concluded that students’ interest in mathematics is related to student perception, students’ background, and students’ motivation. It was further concluded that student motivation is related to students’ perceptions and students’ background. Finally, although students’ background predicts students’ perception about mathematics. It is recommended to educators and educational stakeholders to focus attention on determinants of students’ mathematics interest by introducing positive interventions from the very beginning of students’ mathematics education.

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The Effect of Background on Students’ Interest in Mathematics: The Mediation of Students’ Motivation and Perception in Ghana

Arthur

2019

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“…The computer-assisted training is a modality of students' individual education using computer software that guides step-by-step the student's path to knowledge by his or her own effort and pace of understanding [1,2,3]. In the modern teaching, it is successfully used the illustration of various aspects using computer-aided applications with graphical interface that are instructional activation methods treated by the general didactics as distinct methods [4,5,6,7,8].…”

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Numerical Simulation Methods of Electromagnetic Field in Higher Education: Didactic Application with Graphical Interface for FDTD Method

Osaci¹

2018

IJMECS

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Abstract-In general, the act of teaching in universities of the numerical methods of electromagnetic field simulation is a rather difficult action. In order to facilitate this act, it is necessary to use modern didactic means that complement the classical ones, so that the students understand in an interactive manner the method, the algorithm and its implementation into a programming language. This paper proposes a didactic method able to facilitate the understanding of numerical methods in electromagnetism. It's about of a didactic application with graphical interface, programmed using the Guide Matlab to simulate the electromagnetic waves propagation through various environments and applying the finitedifference time-domain method (FDTD).Index Terms-Electromagnetic field, finite-difference time-domain method (FDTD), GUI Matlab application, didactic activity, Matlab programming environment.

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“…Another factor that contributes towards the effective learning of computer programming is feedback. Feedback could give clear guidance and assist students in understanding the current topic and improving solutions to programs [5]. However, for a lecturer with a huge number of students, giving prompt feedback and repetitive practice could be especially difficult.…”

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A Design for Challenge-Based Learning of Programming

Latih

Bakar

Jailani

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Int. J. Adv. Sci. Eng. Inf. Technol.

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Computer Science students are expected to acquire good programming skills. Both students and instructors accept that learning programming for first-year college students is fairly difficult. To assist students to achieve this goal, instructors will have to adopt a suitable design for programming courses. This paper reports on the design of a Computer Programming course based on the integrated course design approach, which was conducted by a research group at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia from the Faculty of Information Science and Technology. The course is designed to provide relevant teaching and learning activities, feedback, and assessment that will ultimately support the learning goals of students. The design will provide opportunities for preparation time, meaningful feedback, and a competitive feel to the course. The effectiveness of this approach is then evaluated via an online survey that was administered to first-year undergraduate students. The results obtained from 162 first-year students showed that the students were able to improve the results of their the first-year program with the utilization of PC 2 , as it allowed them to obtain prompt feedback. The use of PC 2 also gives them a competitive atmosphere, which motivates them to perform better. The survey results also indicate that the students used their time to prepare for lab sessions via tutorials and self-learning.

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Students’ Perception and Motivation Towards Programming

Cited by 31 publications

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The Effect of Background on Students’ Interest in Mathematics: The Mediation of Students’ Motivation and Perception in Ghana

The Effect of Background on Students’ Interest in Mathematics: The Mediation of Students’ Motivation and Perception in Ghana

Numerical Simulation Methods of Electromagnetic Field in Higher Education: Didactic Application with Graphical Interface for FDTD Method

A Design for Challenge-Based Learning of Programming

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