Examined the effects of 2 approaches to teaching a programming language, the structured approach and the hypertextual approach, in 60 undergraduates. The control group was exposed to a structured form of instruction for the programming language Pascal, and the experimental group used an instructional program on the same topics for 4 hrs a week for 2 wks. No significant differences on a performance measure were found; however, the scores of the control group were concentrated in the middle of the full range, while in the experimental group there was a great variability in performance. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved)
Effects of the hypertextual approach versus the structured approach on students' achievement
LANZA, Antonietta;ROSELLI, Teresa
1991-01-01
Abstract
Examined the effects of 2 approaches to teaching a programming language, the structured approach and the hypertextual approach, in 60 undergraduates. The control group was exposed to a structured form of instruction for the programming language Pascal, and the experimental group used an instructional program on the same topics for 4 hrs a week for 2 wks. No significant differences on a performance measure were found; however, the scores of the control group were concentrated in the middle of the full range, while in the experimental group there was a great variability in performance. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved)I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
