The design and pilot evaluation of an interactive learning environment for introductory programming influenced by cognitive load theory and constructivism

Computers and Education

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 368-384

  Moons, Jan ^a   De Backer, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Architectures for educational technology system; Interactive learning environments; Programming and programming languages

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURES FOR EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY SYSTEM; COGNITIVE LOAD THEORY; INTERACTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; INTRODUCTORY PROGRAMMING; LEARNING PARADIGMS; PROGRAMMING AND PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; PROGRAMMING CONCEPTS; PROGRAMMING EDUCATION; PROGRAMMING ENVIRONMENT; TEACHER EVALUATIONS;

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; EXPERIMENTS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; STUDENTS;

KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION;

EID: 84868314535     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2012.08.009     Document Type: Article

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