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A Survey and Critical Analysis of Tools for Learning Programming

Computer Science Education, 1998

Systems and methodologies have been developed to improve the learning and practice of programming. We examine the kinds of support tools that have been developed to date, and we discuss their role in meeting the needs of beginning students. We begin with a literature review to summarize the actual difficulties involved in learning the tasks of program development. A comprehensive survey of environments developed to support the learning of problem solving and programming follows, covering programming environments, debugging aids, intelligent tutoring systems, and intelligent programming environments. A careful analysis of these systems uncovers the limitations that have prevented them from accomplishing their goals.

Use of Automatic Code Assessment Tools in the Programming Teaching Process

2020

The teaching of programming process is essential to prepare students for the development of computer applications and software solutions. During the last decade, a variety of tools facilitating automatic validation of programming code have been developed. In this context, authors start to analyze and studying some tools with this potential and a possible use with pedagogical purposes. For the last three years a study has been carried out related with the implementation of VPL (Virtual Programming Lab) a plug-in developed specifically for Moodle (Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment) on a Java-based programming discipline during the Informatics Engineering degree of the Informatics Engineering Department (DEI) from the School of Engineering of Polytechnic Institute of Porto (ISEP/P.PORTO). This paper will present how VPL was introduced and some results of this experiment before the implementation in the learning process of another tool (Mooshak) as a real-time automat...

A tool to help students to develop programming skills

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series, 2007

Computer programming learning is difficult and requires hard work from students. They need to do many exercises and create many programs to improve their programming competences. In this paper we present ProGuide, a dialogue based tool to support weaker students to create basic programs. In ProGuide students are motivated and guided through a dialogue, where the tool puts questions to help students reach the problem solution.

A Family of Tools for Supporting the Learning of Programming

Algorithms, 2010

Both learning how to program and understanding algorithms or data structures are often difficult. This paper presents three complementary approaches that we employ to help our students in learning to program, especially during the first term of their study. We use a web-based programming task database as an easy and risk-free environment for taking the first steps in programming Java. The Animal algorithm visualization system is used to visualize the dynamic behavior of algorithms and data structures. We complement both approaches with tutorial videos on using the Eclipse IDE. We also report on the experiences with this combined approach.

An integrated program development tool for teaching and learning how to program

ACM Sigcse Bulletin, 1999

Teaching and learning how to program requires environments designed to support these activities rather than commercially available integrated development environments. This paper presents an instructional enviromnent which embraces the entire process of design algorithm development, testing and debugging while rhhhing the syntactic details with which students must cope. Students using this environment develop a view of programming in which design and testing are integral parts of program development.

A Programming Assessment Software Artefact Enhanced With The Help Of Learners

2017

The demands of an ever changing and complex higher education environment, along with the profile of modern learners challenge current approaches to assessment and feedback. More learners enter the education system every year. The younger generation expects immediate feedback. At the same time, feedback should be meaningful. The assessment of practical activities in programming poses a particular problem, since both lecturers and learners in the information and computer science discipline acknowledge that paper-based assessment for programming subjects lacks meaningful real-life testing. At the same time, feedback lacks promptness, consistency, comprehensiveness and individualisation. Most of these aspects may be addressed by modern, technology-assisted assessment. The focus of this paper is the continuous development of an artefact that is used to assist the lecturer in the assessment and feedback of practical programming activities in a senior database programming class. The artefa...

GAME: a Generic Automated Marking Environment for programming assessment

International Conference on Information Technology: Coding and Computing, 2004. Proceedings. ITCC 2004., 2004

In this paper, a Generic Automated Marking Environment (GAME) is proposed for assessing student programming projects and exercises with an aim to facilitate student-centred learning. GAME has been designed to automatically assess programming assignments written in a variety of languages. The system has been implemented in Java and contains marker modules that are tailored to each specific language. A framework has been set in place to enable easy addition of new marker modules to extend the system's functionality. Currently, the system is able to mark programs written in Java and the C language. To use the system, instructors are required to provide a simple "marking schema" for any given assessment item, which includes pertinent information such as the location of files and the model solution. GAME has been tested on a number of student programming exercises and assignments providing encouraging results.

A teaching/learning support tool for introductory programming courses

… Technology Based Higher …, 2004

Absfrnct-In this paper 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 degreeof 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.

Analysis of Research in Programming Teaching Tools: An Initial Review

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2013

This paper describes preliminary results of research related to programming teaching tools. This study focuses on the key issues being highlighted in this research. Among the research questions of the study are: What are the important issues in programming teaching and learning research? What are the methods of the research? What kind of tools involved in programming teaching and learning? What is the level of programming involved? The study applies systematic review approach to 45 research papers derived from the ACM digital database, published between 2005 and 2011. The study found six issues related to programming teaching tools, and most of the issues concern on the techniques and methods used in teaching, learning and assessment. Regarding the level of programming involved, majority of the research focuses on introductory stage.