Abstract
My research seeks to adopt existing knowledge from educational psychology and instructional design and apply it to the field of computer science education in an effort to make learning programming more time efficient. Specifically I will use cognitive load theory to improve the efficiency of learning to program. I have identified my first two studies: identifying the most appropriate modality for code segment explanations and determining the benefits of worked examples in learning programming.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Title of host publication | ICER 2013 - Proceedings of the 2013 ACM Conference on International Computing Education Research |
| Pages | 183-184 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
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| State | Published - 2013 |
| Event | 9th Annual International Computing Education Research Conference, ICER 2013 - San Diego, CA, United States Duration: Aug 12 2013 → Aug 14 2013 |
Publication series
| Name | ICER 2013 - Proceedings of the 2013 ACM Conference on International Computing Education Research |
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Other
| Other | 9th Annual International Computing Education Research Conference, ICER 2013 |
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| Country | United States |
| City | San Diego, CA |
| Period | 8/12/13 → 8/14/13 |
Keywords
- Multi-medium code explonation
- Worked example
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Software
- Education
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Morrison, B. (2013). Using cognitive load theory to improve the efficiency of learning to program. In ICER 2013 - Proceedings of the 2013 ACM Conference on International Computing Education Research (pp. 183-184). (ICER 2013 - Proceedings of the 2013 ACM Conference on International Computing Education Research). https://doi.org/10.1145/2493394.2493425