Student entrance knowledge, expectations, and motivation within introductory programming courses in Portugal and Serbia
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Alves, LuisGajić, Dušan
Rangel Henriques, Pedro
Ivančević, Vladimir
Lalić, Maksim
Luković, Ivan
Varanda Pereira, Maria Joao
Popov, Srđan
Correia Tavares, Paula
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Programming is a skill needed across various disciplines and it is becoming more valuable for many job positions. However, students still appear to struggle in introductory programming courses. Academic achievement in programming may be influenced by numerous factors and may vary across countries, as observed in a previous study focused on Portugal and Serbia. In the present study, factors generally related to achievement and attrition, namely student entrance knowledge, expectations, and motivation, were examined as possible reasons behind achievement issues in introductory programming. An anonymous questionnaire that comprised closed-ended items was given to students enrolled in introductory programming courses at technically oriented higher education institutions in Portugal and Serbia. After data cleansing, response data from 678 students were quantitatively analysed to identify overall characteristics of the investigated groups, as well as differences between the groups from the t...wo countries. The students generally had numerous expectations and motives regarding introductory programming, but their reported entrance knowledge of programming was generally at low levels. on average, the groups from the two countries were similar. The main differences include higher entrance knowledge for students from Serbia and slightly higher expectations for students from Portugal. These findings form a basis for further inquiry into causes of previously observed student performance variations between Portugal and Serbia. As there are many commonalities between the students from these countries, we may work on novel instruction methods and tools that would be useful for programming teachers and enrolled students in both countries.
Кључне речи:
Programming / Motivation / Expectations / Entrance KnowledgeИзвор:
SEFI 47th Annual Conference: Varietas Delectat... Complexity is the New Normality, Proceedings, 2020, 1354-1363Издавач:
- European Society for Engineering Education (SEFI)
Финансирање / пројекти:
- The research was conducted as part of the project Data mining based evaluation of IT teaching practice in Portugal and Serbia within the Programme of Scientific and Technological Cooperation between the Government of the Portuguese Republic and the Govern
Scopus: 2-s2.0-85077814091
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Fakultet organizacionih naukaTY - CONF AU - Alves, Luis AU - Gajić, Dušan AU - Rangel Henriques, Pedro AU - Ivančević, Vladimir AU - Lalić, Maksim AU - Luković, Ivan AU - Varanda Pereira, Maria Joao AU - Popov, Srđan AU - Correia Tavares, Paula PY - 2020 UR - https://rfos.fon.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/2147 AB - Programming is a skill needed across various disciplines and it is becoming more valuable for many job positions. However, students still appear to struggle in introductory programming courses. Academic achievement in programming may be influenced by numerous factors and may vary across countries, as observed in a previous study focused on Portugal and Serbia. In the present study, factors generally related to achievement and attrition, namely student entrance knowledge, expectations, and motivation, were examined as possible reasons behind achievement issues in introductory programming. An anonymous questionnaire that comprised closed-ended items was given to students enrolled in introductory programming courses at technically oriented higher education institutions in Portugal and Serbia. After data cleansing, response data from 678 students were quantitatively analysed to identify overall characteristics of the investigated groups, as well as differences between the groups from the two countries. The students generally had numerous expectations and motives regarding introductory programming, but their reported entrance knowledge of programming was generally at low levels. on average, the groups from the two countries were similar. The main differences include higher entrance knowledge for students from Serbia and slightly higher expectations for students from Portugal. These findings form a basis for further inquiry into causes of previously observed student performance variations between Portugal and Serbia. As there are many commonalities between the students from these countries, we may work on novel instruction methods and tools that would be useful for programming teachers and enrolled students in both countries. PB - European Society for Engineering Education (SEFI) C3 - SEFI 47th Annual Conference: Varietas Delectat... Complexity is the New Normality, Proceedings T1 - Student entrance knowledge, expectations, and motivation within introductory programming courses in Portugal and Serbia EP - 1363 SP - 1354 UR - conv_3595 ER -
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Alves, L., Gajić, D., Rangel Henriques, P., Ivančević, V., Lalić, M., Luković, I., Varanda Pereira, M. J., Popov, S.,& Correia Tavares, P.. (2020). Student entrance knowledge, expectations, and motivation within introductory programming courses in Portugal and Serbia. in SEFI 47th Annual Conference: Varietas Delectat... Complexity is the New Normality, Proceedings European Society for Engineering Education (SEFI)., 1354-1363. conv_3595
Alves L, Gajić D, Rangel Henriques P, Ivančević V, Lalić M, Luković I, Varanda Pereira MJ, Popov S, Correia Tavares P. Student entrance knowledge, expectations, and motivation within introductory programming courses in Portugal and Serbia. in SEFI 47th Annual Conference: Varietas Delectat... Complexity is the New Normality, Proceedings. 2020;:1354-1363. conv_3595 .
Alves, Luis, Gajić, Dušan, Rangel Henriques, Pedro, Ivančević, Vladimir, Lalić, Maksim, Luković, Ivan, Varanda Pereira, Maria Joao, Popov, Srđan, Correia Tavares, Paula, "Student entrance knowledge, expectations, and motivation within introductory programming courses in Portugal and Serbia" in SEFI 47th Annual Conference: Varietas Delectat... Complexity is the New Normality, Proceedings (2020):1354-1363, conv_3595 .