Student's characteristics and programming learning - A Macanese perspective

Anabela Gomes; Antonio Jose Mendes; Maria Jose Marcelino; Wei Ke; Sio Kei Im; Chan Tong Lam

doi:10.1109/TALE.2017.8252360

Student's characteristics and programming learning - A Macanese perspective

Anabela Gomes, Antonio Jose Mendes, Maria Jose Marcelino, Wei Ke, Sio Kei Im, Chan Tong Lam

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University of Coimbra

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Abstract

Results in introductory programming courses are often disappointing. Several possible causes for this situation have been reported. This paper reports some results of an experiment where we tried to find correlations between novice student's performance in an introductory programming course and some of their characteristics, namely previous programming experience, past grades (in general and in Mathematics), learning styles and motivation to the study area. The study took place during the academic year of 2016-2017 involving a group of Macanese students. A comparison with a similar experiment done previously in Portugal, involving two different groups of students, is also presented.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of 2017 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2017
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	346-353
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Electronic)	9781538609002
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TALE.2017.8252360
Publication status	Published - 1 Jul 2017
Event	2017 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2017 - Tai Po, Hong Kong Duration: 12 Dec 2017 → 14 Dec 2017

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Name	Proceedings of 2017 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2017
Volume	2018-January

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Conference	2017 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2017
Country/Territory	Hong Kong
City	Tai Po
Period	12/12/17 → 14/12/17

Keywords

introductory programming learning
motivation
student's bacckground

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Gomes, A., Mendes, A. J., Marcelino, M. J., Ke, W., Im, S. K., & Lam, C. T. (2017). Student's characteristics and programming learning - A Macanese perspective. In Proceedings of 2017 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2017 (pp. 346-353). (Proceedings of 2017 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2017; Vol. 2018-January). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/TALE.2017.8252360

Gomes, Anabela ; Mendes, Antonio Jose ; Marcelino, Maria Jose et al. / Student's characteristics and programming learning - A Macanese perspective. Proceedings of 2017 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2017. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2017. pp. 346-353 (Proceedings of 2017 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2017).

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Gomes, A, Mendes, AJ, Marcelino, MJ, Ke, W , Im, SK & Lam, CT 2017, Student's characteristics and programming learning - A Macanese perspective. in Proceedings of 2017 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2017. Proceedings of 2017 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2017, vol. 2018-January, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 346-353, 2017 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2017, Tai Po, Hong Kong, 12/12/17. https://doi.org/10.1109/TALE.2017.8252360

Student's characteristics and programming learning - A Macanese perspective. / Gomes, Anabela; Mendes, Antonio Jose; Marcelino, Maria Jose et al.
Proceedings of 2017 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2017. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2017. p. 346-353 (Proceedings of 2017 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2017; Vol. 2018-January).

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Gomes A, Mendes AJ, Marcelino MJ, Ke W , Im SK , Lam CT. Student's characteristics and programming learning - A Macanese perspective. In Proceedings of 2017 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2017. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2017. p. 346-353. (Proceedings of 2017 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2017). doi: 10.1109/TALE.2017.8252360

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