Academic Journal
ViDA: A Virtual Debugging Advisor for Supporting Learning in Computer Programming Courses
| Τίτλος: | ViDA: A Virtual Debugging Advisor for Supporting Learning in Computer Programming Courses |
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| Γλώσσα: | English |
| Συγγραφείς: | Lee, V. C. S. (ORCID |
| Πηγή: | Journal of Computer Assisted Learning. Jun 2018 34(3):243-258. |
| Διαθεσιμότητα: | Wiley-Blackwell. 350 Main Street, Malden, MA 02148. Tel: 800-835-6770; Tel: 781-388-8598; Fax: 781-388-8232; e-mail: cs-journals@wiley.com; Web site: http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 16 |
| Ημερομηνία έκδοσης: | 2018 |
| Τύπος εγγράφου: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Education Level: | Higher Education |
| Descriptors: | Computer Science Education, Programming, Computer Software, Feedback (Response), Engineering Education, College Freshmen, Student Surveys, Introductory Courses, Error Correction, Student Attitudes, Computer Simulation, Instructional Effectiveness |
| DOI: | 10.1111/jcal.12238 |
| ISSN: | 0266-4909 |
| Περίληψη: | Many students need assistance in debugging to achieve progress when they learn to write computer programs. Face-to-face interactions with individual students to give feedback on their programs, although definitely effective in facilitating their learning, are becoming difficult to achieve with ever-growing class sizes. This paper proposes a novel approach to providing practical automated debugging advice to support students' learning, based on the strong relationship observed between common wrong outputs and the corresponding common bugs in students' programs. To implement the approach, we designed a generic system architecture and process, and developed a tool called Virtual Debugging Advisor (ViDA) that was put into use in classes in a university. To evaluate the effectiveness of ViDA, a controlled experiment and a survey were conducted with first year engineering students in an introductory computer programming course. Results are encouraging, showing that (a) a higher proportion of students could correct their faulty code themselves with ViDA enabled, (b) an overwhelming majority of respondents found ViDA helpful for their learning of programming, and (c) most respondents would like to keep ViDA enabled when they practice writing programs. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2018 |
| Αριθμός Καταχώρησης: | EJ1177958 |
| Βάση Δεδομένων: | ERIC |
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