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Revealing the programming process

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Jens Bennedsen,

Michael E. CaspersenAuthors Info & Claims

SIGCSE '05: Proceedings of the 36th SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education

Pages 186 - 190

https://doi.org/10.1145/1047344.1047413

Published: 23 February 2005 Publication History

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One of the most important goals of an introductory programming course is that the students learn a systematic approach to the development of computer programs. Revealing the programming process is an important part of this; however, textbooks do not address the issue -- probably because the textbook medium is static and therefore ill-suited to expose the process of programming. We have found that process recordings in the form of captured narrated programming sessions are a simple, cheap, and efficient way of providing the revelation.We identify seven different elements of the programming process for which process recordings are a valuable communication media in order to enhance the learning process. Student feedback indicates both high learning outcome and superior learning potential compared to traditional classroom teaching.

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