The Effect of Delivery Method on Persistence , Performance and Perceptions

Morin, Danielle; Thomas, Jennifer; Ly, Samie Li Shang

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“…It needs to be strongly emphasized that the proper design of a learning portal and the use of appropriate learning contents and activities play a crucial in the acquisition of problem-solving skills among students, especially among novice students. Such an emphasis is in line with the findings of previous studies showing that the activities and resources used in a particular course have a significant impact on the acquisition of various higher-order learning skills, including problem-solving, among students [57] - [60] students, collectively contributing to the development of sound computational thinking skills.…”

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A Web-based Learning Programming Portal: Do Instructors Need It to Enhance Novice Students’ Computational Thinking Skill?

Ubaidullah¹,

Hamid²

2019

IJITEE

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Of late, a number of studies have been carried out to infuse the concept of Computational Thinking into programming courses, given that such a concept and programming are closely intertwined. Admittedly, most instructors find teaching programming to be very challenging, especially to novice students. Currently, the dominant teaching approaches used to teach computer programming mainly involve lectures, discussions, and lab practical sessions. Nevertheless, the use of such approaches has been heavily criticized for their ineffectiveness in developing skillful students because of the minimal interaction between students and teachers, especially in large classes. Coupled with the lack of proper teaching aids, the problem is further aggravated, putting the students in a dire situation. Against this backdrop, the authors carried out a study to examine the prevailing problems in the current teaching technique used by programming instructors in teaching programming to novice students, to determine programming instructors’ knowledge about the concept of CT, and to seek a new appropriate teaching aid for teaching programming. A qualitative research method was used involving a semi-structured interview, in which 10 instructors from ten pre-university centers in Malaysia were recruited as the interviewees. The research findings showed that existing teaching approaches used were not effective as students had to rely on additional time to learn programming. In addition, it was found that a majority of the interviewee were fully acquainted with the concept of CT. Moreover, the interviewees professed a strong need for a portal which could be used anywhere, anytime to help novice students to learn programming and enhance their CT skill. Together, these two important findings underscore the imperative to introduce a new teaching approach, preferably aided by a novel application, which can be used by novice students to enhance their programming and CT skills. In this paper, the authors propose an instructional design model for the development of a learning application to help such students.

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A Web-based Learning Programming Portal: Do Instructors Need It to Enhance Novice Students’ Computational Thinking Skill?

Ubaidullah¹,

Hamid²

2019

IJITEE

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“…Drawing definitive conclusions is therefore difficult. (See Morin et al, 2014, and, for a summary of various meta-analyses in the field, in the area of online and blended learning versus traditional learning, though not all are specifically concerned with problem-solving.) According to the definition of decision-making given by Beachboard & Aytes (2013), and supported by others (Johnson, Archibald, & Tenenbaum, 2010;Pedaste, Pentjärv, & Sarapuu 2003), when it comes to scholastic and professional performance, problem-solving is a key skill that individuals need in order to succeed, to achieve the requisite level of decision-making for the task.…”

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Fostering Problem-Solving in a Virtual Environment

Morin¹,

Thomas

Saadé³

2015

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This article investigates students' perceptions of the relationship between Problem-Solving and the activities and resources used in a Web-based course on the fundamentals of Information Technology at a university in Montreal, Canada. We assess for the different learning components of the course, the extent of perceived problem-solving skills acquisition including research, creativity and critical thinking skills. The course entailed two categories of learning, namely resources-based and interactive components. The study aimed at answering the following questions: 1) To what extent do students understand the definitions of Problem-solving, Research, and Creative Idea Generation skills, and Critical Thinking skills? (2) What is the relative contribution of the various learning components (activities and resources) of the course to the perceived acquisition of Problem-Solving, Research, and Creative Idea Generations skills, and Critical Thinking skills; (3) Is the understanding of the definitions correlated with the perceived contributions of the learning components (activities and resources) of the course to the skills development? (4) To what extent is perceived Problem-solving skill acquisition explained by the acquisition of the other three skills?

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The Effect of Delivery Method on Persistence , Performance and Perceptions

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A Web-based Learning Programming Portal: Do Instructors Need It to Enhance Novice Students’ Computational Thinking Skill?

A Web-based Learning Programming Portal: Do Instructors Need It to Enhance Novice Students’ Computational Thinking Skill?

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