Novice Programmers’ Understanding and Implementations of CS Concepts: Focusing on the Problem Solving Represented in the Programming Environments with Different Modalities

• In Event: Instructional Design for Creative Thinking, Problem-solving and Professional Development

Short Description

The purpose of this case study is exploring students’ programming practices in the two environments with different modalities and identify progress and challenges in their coding structures and computational problem-solving. An introductory programming course for preservice teachers was designed and two programming environments were provided in parallel. Through this design, it was revealed that students grasped computer science (CS) concepts through a block-based and text-based programming. The two programming environments with different modalities benefit students and also reveal challenging CS concepts and practices when they were introduced in a way to consider their shared principles.

Authors

• Presenter: Minji Jeon, Indiana University

• Presenter: Kyungbin Kwon, Indiana University