The Effect of User-Specified Language Elements on Learning to Program.

Madeo, Laurence A.; Bird, David A.

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Publication Date: 1990

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The Effect of User-Specified Language Elements on Learning to Program.

Madeo, Laurence A.; Bird, David A.

Journal of Research on Computing in Education, v22 n3 p336-47 Spr 1990

Discussion of the benefits of allowing programers to use their own words in programing focuses on a study of graduate students that tested whether an experimental group who specified their own operation codes performed better than a control group who used fixed codes. The results of regression analyses are discussed, and future research needs are suggested. (17 references) (LRW)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Science Education, Graduate Students, Higher Education, Hypothesis Testing, Multiple Regression Analysis, Programing, Programing Languages, Research Needs

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Language: English

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