A Pilot Study of Cooperative Programming Learning Behavior and Its Relationship with Students' Learning Performance

Autor/inn/en	Hwang, Wu-Yuin; Shadiev, Rustam; Wang, Chin-Yu; Huang, Zhi-Hua
Titel	A Pilot Study of Cooperative Programming Learning Behavior and Its Relationship with Students' Learning Performance
Quelle	In: Computers & Education, 58 (2012) 4, S.1267-1281 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0360-1315
DOI	10.1016/j.compedu.2011.12.009
Schlagwörter	Feedback (Response); Learning Motivation; Student Behavior; Problem Solving; Pilot Projects; Cooperative Learning; Learning Activities; Instructional Design; Distance Education; Educational Technology; Instructional Effectiveness; Programming; Computer Science Education; Web Based Instruction; Educational Strategies; Student Attitudes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Motivation for studies; Lernmotivation; Student behaviour; Schülerverhalten; Problemlösen; Pilot project; Modellversuch; Pilotprojekt; Kooperatives Lernen; Lernaktivität; Lesson concept; Lessonplan; Unterrichtsentwurf; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Unterrichtsmedien; Unterrichtserfolg; Programmierung; Computer science lessons; Informatikunterricht; Web Based Training; Lehrstrategie
Abstract	In this study we proposed a web-based programming assisted system for cooperation (WPASC) and we also designed one learning activity for facilitating students' cooperative programming learning. The aim of this study was to investigate cooperative programming learning behavior of students and its relationship with learning performance. Students' opinions and perceptions toward learning activity and the WPASC were also investigated. The results of this study revealed that most of students perceived that learning activity and the WPASC were useful for cooperative programming learning. Students' learning behavior during cooperative programming learning activity was classified into six different categories and we found that learning behavior has relationship with learning performance. Students from "completely independent," "self-improving using assistance," "confident after enlightenment" and "imitating" categories performed well due to their effective and motivated learning behavior. However, students from "performing poorly without assistance" and "plagiarizing" categories performed the worse; the former could not get assistance at all and the later had no learning motivation. The results also showed that students' learning behavior may have "increasing," "decreasing" and "no transition" during problems solving. Therefore, "performing poorly without assistance" and "plagiarizing learning behavior" and "decreasing transition" or "no transition" in learning behavior should be identified right after completing a programming problem. Then the instructor should intervene into learning behavior in order to change it into more effective for learning. Besides, more incentives need to be given for increasing students' learning motivation and posting solutions and feedback by students at the early stage of a problem solving period. (Contains 4 figures and 6 tables.) (As Provided).
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