Influence of the programming environment on programming education

Daisuke Saito; Hironori Washizaki; Yoshiaki Fukazawa

doi:10.1145/2899415.2925477

Influence of the programming environment on programming education

Daisuke Saito, Hironori Washizaki, Yoshiaki Fukazawa

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

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Abstract

Although both visual and text environments have been used to teach programming, the most appropriate method for beginners is unknown. Herein we research the most suitable programming environment to introduce programming to beginners using Minecraft to provide different programming learning environments (Visual or Text) via ComputerCraftEdu as an extended function. The learning effects between these two environments are compared using a lecture course. The results show that a visual environment is more suitable to introduce programming to beginners.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	ITiCSE 2016 - Proceedings of the 2016 ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Pages	354
Number of pages	1
Volume	11-13-July-2016
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450342315
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2899415.2925477
Publication status	Published - 2016 Jul 11
Event	2016 ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, ITiCSE 2016 - Arequipa, Peru Duration: 2016 Jul 11 → 2016 Jul 13

Other

Other	2016 ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, ITiCSE 2016
Country	Peru
City	Arequipa
Period	16/7/11 → 16/7/13

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Keywords

Digital game-based learning
Introductory education
Minecraft
Programming language learning

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Management of Technology and Innovation
Education

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Saito, D., Washizaki, H., & Fukazawa, Y. (2016). Influence of the programming environment on programming education. In ITiCSE 2016 - Proceedings of the 2016 ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education (Vol. 11-13-July-2016, pp. 354). Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/2899415.2925477

Influence of the programming environment on programming education. / Saito, Daisuke ; Washizaki, Hironori ; Fukazawa, Yoshiaki.

ITiCSE 2016 - Proceedings of the 2016 ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education. Vol. 11-13-July-2016 Association for Computing Machinery, 2016. p. 354.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Saito, D , Washizaki, H & Fukazawa, Y 2016, Influence of the programming environment on programming education. in ITiCSE 2016 - Proceedings of the 2016 ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education. vol. 11-13-July-2016, Association for Computing Machinery, pp. 354, 2016 ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, ITiCSE 2016, Arequipa, Peru, 16/7/11. https://doi.org/10.1145/2899415.2925477

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