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Teaching computer programming with structured programming language and flowcharts

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OSDOC '11: Proceedings of the 2011 Workshop on Open Source and Design of Communication

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https://doi.org/10.1145/2016716.2016729

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This research aims to prove that an environment that establishes a direct connection between flowcharts and the equivalent structured programming language improves the results of the students in the first year of computer programming.

The first approach is to do research on investigations about the teaching of the first year of computer programming. The next step is to build and test a prototype that allows the student to draw a flowchart and get the corresponding structured programming language and/or vice-versa, i.e., to write the program and get the corresponding chart.

The research revealed that the first year of programming is crucial on building the basis for the following years and that visual tools are relevant in attaining better results. In the face of that, the pursuit for a dedicated application seems to be of value.

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Teaching computer programming with structured programming language and flowcharts
1. Social and professional topics
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    1. Computing education
      1. Computing education programs
        Computer science education
2. Software and its engineering
  1. Software creation and management
  2. Software notations and tools
    1. Context specific languages
      1. Visual languages

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OSDOC '11: Proceedings of the 2011 Workshop on Open Source and Design of Communication

July 2011

91 pages

ISBN:9781450308731

DOI:10.1145/2016716

General Chairs:
Carlos J. Costa
ISCTE - University Institute of Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal
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Aristidis Protopsaltis
Coventry University, Coventry, UK

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Fendos J(2021)Combining Jigsaws, Rule-Based Learning, and Retrieval Practice Improves IUPAC Nomenclature CompetenceJournal of Chemical Education10.1021/acs.jchemed.0c0123598:5(1503-1517)Online publication date: 30-Mar-2021
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Xinogalos S(2013)Using flowchart-based programming environments for simplifying programming and software engineering processes2013 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON)10.1109/EduCon.2013.6530276(1313-1322)Online publication date: Mar-2013
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