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Research communities in programming: A strategy to support the initial programming learning; Comunidades de Investigação em Programação: Uma Estratégia de Apoio ao Aprendizado Inicial de Programação

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Martins, Scheila Wesley
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Mendes, António José
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Dias De Figueiredo, Antonio Dias
Revista Iberoamericana de Tecnologias del Aprendizaje
Journal · Vol. 5 · Issue 1 · pp. 39-46
Abstract

This paper describes a research process that intends to develop a strategy to support initial programming learning. It is inspired in the theory of Matthew Lipman, as it was conceived through the redefinition of the concept of Learning Communities, to assist the students to maximize their learning through the conscientious evaluation of their level of self-efficacy, while they develop a better behavior to study programming. We present the results of the preliminary tests made to the proposed strategy, and the changes in the strategy that result from those results. © IEEE.

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self-efficacy Programming education Computer Science education

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Teaching Engineering education Education computing Self Efficacy Behavioral research Computer programming Learning community Research process Computer Science Education Programming education Research communities Programming learning
Author Affiliations
Universidade de Coimbra, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Coimbra, Portugal
University of Coimbra, Centre for Informatics and System, Coimbra, Portugal
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  • EID 2-s2.0-79954623875
  • Language Portuguese