dc.contributor.author | Govender, Irene | |
dc.contributor.author | Govender, Desmond W. | |
dc.contributor.author | Havenga, Marietjie | |
dc.contributor.author | Mentz, Elsa | |
dc.contributor.author | Breed, Betty | |
dc.contributor.author | Dignum, Frank | |
dc.contributor.author | Dignum, Virginia | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-06-26T06:29:26Z | |
dc.date.available | 2014-06-26T06:29:26Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2014 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Govender, I. et al. 2014. Increasing self-efficacy in learning to program: exploring the benefits of explicit instruction for problem solving. TD: The Journal for Transdisciplinary Research in Southern Africa, 10(1):187-200, Jul. [http://dspace.nwu.ac.za/handle/10394/3605] | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1817-4434 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10394/10734 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://dspace.nwu.ac.za/handle/10394/3605 | |
dc.description.abstract | 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 solving before and after the strategy was
implemented in secondary schools. Based on self-efficacy theory, students’ problem
solving self-efficacy as well as teachers’ self-efficacy were investigated, showing that both
students’ and teachers’ self-efficacy may have benefited from the explicit instruction. This
would imply that teaching problem solving explicitly should be encouraged to increase
self-efficacy to program. | en_US |
dc.description.uri | https://doi.org/10.4102/td.v10i1.19 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.subject | Programming | en_US |
dc.subject | Problem solving | en_US |
dc.subject | Teaching and learning | en_US |
dc.subject | Self-efficacy | en_US |
dc.title | Increasing self-efficacy in learning to program: exploring the benefits of explicit instruction for problem solving | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.contributor.researchID | 10064915 - Mentz, Elsa | |
dc.contributor.researchID | 10113924 - Havenga, Hester Maria | |
dc.contributor.researchID | 11638214 - Breed, Elizabeth Alice | |