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Competences that facilitate the achievement of the objectives of an introductory programming course

  • Universidad Javeriana

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Abstract

This project determines what skills and knowledge a student must have to face successfully an introductory programming course. This is an exploratory and qualitative study based on analysis of the current proposals for programming courses, and on interviews and focus groups with students and professors of this courses. The analysis is performed using Atlas Ti. Colombia is defined as the context for the research. The competencies identified are related with reading comprehension skills, especially the ability to perform text analysis. According to the information found, this skill reflects the ability of students to understand a problem. This greatly facilitates the possibility of writing a solution algorithm. A second ability has to do with to logical thinking. This second ability is justified because allows break a problem into simpler ones. Other abilities and knowledge are highlighted in the final results.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of 2015 International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning, ICL 2015
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages1007-1012
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781479987078
DOIs
StatePublished - 04 Nov 2015
EventInternational Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning, ICL 2015 - Firenze, Italy
Duration: 20 Sep 201524 Sep 2015

Publication series

NameProceedings of 2015 International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning, ICL 2015

Conference

ConferenceInternational Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning, ICL 2015
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityFirenze
Period20/09/1524/09/15

Keywords

  • Competencies
  • Skills programming
  • programming courses

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