Pedagogy of introductory computer programming : a people-first approach

摘要: Students struggle with learning to program. In recent years, not only has there been a dramatic drop in the number of students enrolling IT and Computer Science courses, but attrition from these courses continues be significant. Introductory programming subjects traditionally have high failure rates as they tend core can road block for many their university studies. Is really that difficult — or are other barriers serious detrimental effect on student progression? In-class experiments were conducted introductory units confirm our hypothesis pair-programming would benefit students' We investigated social cultural by questioning perceptions confidence, difficulty enjoyment programming. The results paired non-paired compared determine outcomes. Both empirical anecdotal strongly supported hypothesis.