Longitudinal think aloud study of a novice programmer

Teague, D; Lister, R

Longitudinal think aloud study of a novice programmer

Teague, D Lister, R

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Citation:: Conferences in Research and Practice in Information Technology Series, 2014, 148 pp. 41 - 50
Issue Date:: 2014-01-20

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dc.contributor.author	Teague, D	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Lister, R https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5780-0445	en_US
dc.date.issued	2014-01-20	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Conferences in Research and Practice in Information Technology Series, 2014, 148 pp. 41 - 50	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	9781921770319	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1445-1336	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/33409
dc.description.abstract	© 2014, Australian Computer Society, Inc. Recent research from within a neo-Piagetian perspective proposes that novice programmers pass through the sensorimotor and preoperational stages before being able to reason at the concrete operational stage. However, academics traditionally teach and assess introductory programming as if students commence at the concrete operational stage. In this paper, we present results from a series of think aloud sessions with a single student, known by the pseudonym "Donald". We conducted the sessions mainly over one semester, with an additional session three semesters later. Donald first manifested predominately sensorimotor reasoning, followed by preoperational reasoning, and finally concrete operational reasoning. This longitudinal think aloud study of Donald is the first direct observational evidence of a novice programmer progressing through the neo-Piagetian stages.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Conferences in Research and Practice in Information Technology Series	en_US
dc.title	Longitudinal think aloud study of a novice programmer	en_US
dc.type	Conference Proceeding
utslib.citation.volume	148	en_US
utslib.for	130212 Science, Technology and Engineering Curriculum and Pedagogy	en_US
utslib.for	089999 Information and Computing Sciences not elsewhere classified	en_US
dc.location.activity	Auckland, New Zealand
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology/School of Computer Science
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - HCTD - Human Centred Technology Design
utslib.copyright.status	open_access
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	148	en_US

Abstract:

© 2014, Australian Computer Society, Inc. Recent research from within a neo-Piagetian perspective proposes that novice programmers pass through the sensorimotor and preoperational stages before being able to reason at the concrete operational stage. However, academics traditionally teach and assess introductory programming as if students commence at the concrete operational stage. In this paper, we present results from a series of think aloud sessions with a single student, known by the pseudonym "Donald". We conducted the sessions mainly over one semester, with an additional session three semesters later. Donald first manifested predominately sensorimotor reasoning, followed by preoperational reasoning, and finally concrete operational reasoning. This longitudinal think aloud study of Donald is the first direct observational evidence of a novice programmer progressing through the neo-Piagetian stages.

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