Students’ perspective on the first programming language: C-like or Pascal-like languages?
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| Publicado en: | Education and Information Technologies vol. 23, no. 1 (Jan 2018), p. 287 |
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| 100 | 1 | |a Xinogalos, Stelios |u Department of Applied Informatics, School of Information Sciences, University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece | |
| 245 | 1 | |a Students’ perspective on the first programming language: C-like or Pascal-like languages? | |
| 260 | |b Springer Nature B.V. |c Jan 2018 | ||
| 513 | |a Journal Article | ||
| 520 | 3 | |a The choice of the first programming language (FPL) has been a controversial issue for several decades. Nearly everyone agrees that the FPL is important and affects students’ subsequent education on programming. The study presented in this article investigates the suitability of various C-like and Pascal-like programming languages as a FPL. Students from three Universities express their perceptions on the FPL through a specially designed questionnaire. The students had been introduced to programming using different FPLs and having experience on more than one language and formulated two distinct groups: a group introduced to programming with a C-like and another with a Pascal-like language. The statistical analysis of the data collected showed that the choice of the FPL does not have a deep impact on difficulties that novices may experience when learning the basics of programming. However, this result was recorded in the context of three distinct programming courses that were positively evaluated by students in relation to their content, organization and quality. Consequently, this study indicates that the overall quality of the course and the instructors have a great impact on a smooth introduction to programming no matter what the FPL is. | |
| 653 | |a Universities | ||
| 653 | |a Programming Languages | ||
| 653 | |a Statistical Analysis | ||
| 653 | |a Technology education | ||
| 653 | |a College students | ||
| 653 | |a Student attitudes | ||
| 700 | 1 | |a Pitner, Tomáš |u Department of Computer Systems and Communications, Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Ivanović, Mirjana |u Department of Mathematics and Informatics, Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Savić, Miloš |u Department of Mathematics and Informatics, Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia | |
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