A teaching/learning support tool for introductory programming courses

In This work we present a Web-based tool developed with the aim of reinforcing teaching and learning of introductory programming courses. This tool provides support for teaching and learning. From the teacher's perspective the system introduces important gains with respect to the classical teaching...

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Bibliographic Details
Authors: Boada, Imma; Soler i Masó, Josep; Prados Carrasco, Ferran; Poch Garcia, Jordi
Format: Article
Publication date:2004
Country:España
Institution:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repository:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:10256/3058
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10256/3058
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Ensenyament assistit per ordinador
Ensenyament virtual
Tecnologia educativa
Educational technology
Computer-assisted instruction
Web-based instruction
Internet en l'ensenyament universitari
Internet in higher education
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Summary:In This work we present a Web-based tool developed with the aim of reinforcing teaching and learning of introductory programming courses. This tool provides support for teaching and learning. From the teacher's perspective the system introduces important gains with respect to the classical teaching methodology. It reinforces lecture and laboratory sessions, makes it possible to give personalized attention to the student, assesses the degree of participation of the students and most importantly, performs a continuous assessment of the student's progress. From the student's perspective it provides a learning framework, consisting in a help environment and a correction environment, which facilitates their personal work. With this tool students are more motivated to do programming