Browsing by Subject "Programming"
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From Kant’s critique of pure reason, to action research in improving the programming skills of students
(Springer, 2020)Action research (AR) is often used when doing research about social phenomena in the real-world, when change is part of the researcher’s intention. The researcher participates in the research environment with the intention ... -
Improving the programming skills of students : a critical systems approach
(North-West University (South Africa), 2020)Learning to program is a challenge for students and has remained a researched topic for the past two decades. Various reasons why students struggle with programming exist, and teaching programming presents its own opportunities ... -
Increasing self-efficacy in learning to program: exploring the benefits of explicit instruction for problem solving
(2014)The difficulty of learning to program has long been identified amongst novices. This study explored the benefits of teaching a problem solving strategy by comparing students’ perceptions and attitudes towards problem ... -
Modelling the factors that influence computer science students' attitude towards serious games in class
(2014)Although the software development industry is one of the fastest growing sections in the labour market currently, computer science is one of the subject fields with the least growth in number of enrolments at tertiary ... -
The role of metacognitive skills in solving object-oriented programming problems: a case study
(2015)This article reports on the role of metacognitive skills when solving object-oriented programming problems as part of a case study. The research was constructivist-based within an interpretivist approach to explore how ... -
Secondary school girls' experiences of pair-programming in information technology
(North-West University, 2010)The low number of girls in the secondary school phase taking Information Technology as a subject, is a reason for great concern in this era of rapid technological development we are living in. The pipeline shrinkage problem ...