The Effects of a Software Artefact Designed to Stimulate Abstract Thinking Ability on the Academic Performance in Object Oriented Programming of First Year Information Technology Students

A Systematic Literature Review of Teaching and Learning on Object-Oriented Programming Course

“…Regarding students, the literature review reveals that these aspects are categorized into problems of Cost, Background and Student Learning Experiences, Learning Motivation, Level of Comprehension, and Problem-Solving Skills (see Table IV). Cost (S1) [4] Background and Student Learning Experiences (S2) [1,14,15,17,18,[20][21][22] Learning Motivation (S3) [11,[23][24][25][26] Level of Comprehension (S4) [27][28][29][30][32][33][34] Problem Solving Skills (S5) [35][36][37] Cost. For most students, learning to program is a very expensive task and can slow down the learning process.…”

“…A programming paradigm that is difficult to break [14,20]. For first-year students, it is difficult to conceptualize the way of thinking and related information needed to be successful in their studies [17]. For novice programmers, learning the concept of OOP is often daunting due to its abstract nature [18].…”

“…Kanaki and Kalogiannakis [57] suggested determining the right starting point for teaching basic object-oriented concepts and marking the appropriate educational tools. Learning Model (SL1) [2,9,10,24,25,33,40,48,56] Strategy and Approach (SL2) [3,8,11,14,18,23,29,39,42,43,46,57,61,65,68] Learning Method (SL3) [26-28, 32, 44, 54] Tools or Technology (SL4) [1, 4, 15, 20-22, 30, 34, 36-38, 52, 53, 59, 60, 62, 64, 70] Environment and Platform (SL5) [45,49,50,58,71] Assessment Technique (SL6) [17,63,66,67] Instructional Design (SL7) [35,47,72] Fig. 4.…”

“…Assessment Techniques. Grobbelaar [17] develops and tests a special software instrument to influence changes in students' abstract thinking abilities. Barkmin and Kramer et al [63] invented a computer-based instrument and conducted the first study with 42 students.…”