Using cognitive load theory to improve the efficiency of learning to program

Briana Morrison

doi:10.1145/2493394.2493425

Using cognitive load theory to improve the efficiency of learning to program

Briana Morrison

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

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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)
Title of host publication	ICER 2013 - Proceedings of the 2013 ACM Conference on International Computing Education Research
Pages	183-184
Number of pages	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2493394.2493425
State	Published - 2013
Externally published	Yes
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

Other

Other	9th Annual International Computing Education Research Conference, ICER 2013
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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Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

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. ICER 2013 - Proceedings of the 2013 ACM Conference on International Computing Education Research, pp. 183-184, 9th Annual International Computing Education Research Conference, ICER 2013, San Diego, CA, United States, 8/12/13. https://doi.org/10.1145/2493394.2493425

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