Masters Students’ Experiences of Learning to Program: An Empirical Model

Christine Bruce; Ruth J Christie; Ian D Stoodley

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Masters Students’ Experiences of Learning to Program: An Empirical Model

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Masters Students’ Experiences of Learning to Program: An Empirical Model

Christine Bruce, Ruth J Christie and Ian D Stoodley

Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Qualitative Research in IT & IT in Qualitative Research, pp.1-12

International Conference on Qualitative Research in IT & IT in Qualitative Research (QualIT): The Way Forward, 1st (Brisbane, Australia, 24-Nov-2004–26-Nov-2004)

Griffith University, Institute for Integrated and Intelligent Systems

2004

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Abstract

Information Systems

phenomenography

learning

programming

higher education

student experience

HERN

The investigation reported here examined how Masters students experience learning to program. The phenomenographic research approach adopted permitted the analysis of 1) how students go about learning to program, that is the 'Act' of learning to program, and 2) what students understand by 'programming', that is the 'Object' of learning to program. Analysis of data from twenty-three participants identified five different experiences of the Act of learning to program and five different experiences of the Object of learning to program. Together the findings comprise an empirical model of the learning to program experience amongst the participating students. We suggest how our findings are significant for programming teachers and offer tools to explore students' views.

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Title: Masters Students’ Experiences of Learning to Program: An Empirical Model
Authors: Christine Bruce (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
Ruth J Christie (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
Ian D Stoodley (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
Contributors: Karen Guest (Editor)
Publication details: Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Qualitative Research in IT & IT in Qualitative Research, pp.1-12
Conference details: International Conference on Qualitative Research in IT & IT in Qualitative Research (QualIT): The Way Forward, 1st (Brisbane, Australia, 24-Nov-2004–26-Nov-2004)
Publisher: Griffith University, Institute for Integrated and Intelligent Systems
Date published: 2004
ISBN: 1920952071
Organisation Unit: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99449186902621
Output Type: Conference paper

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