Computer cooking vs. problem solving

• Published in: Teaching Mathematics and Computer Science Vol. 22; no. 1; pp. 35 - 58
• Main Authors: Csernoch, Mária, Nagy, Tímea, Csernoch, Júlia
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Debrecen University of Debrecen 12.07.2024
• Subjects: Computers; Cooking; Critical thinking; Curricula; Education; Effectiveness; Grade 3; Grade 5; Grade 9; High School Students; Informatics; Information Science; Instructional Materials; Knowledge; Learning; Long Term Memory; Problem solving; Secondary Education; Student Motivation; Students; Teaching; Teaching Methods; Thinking Skills; Hungary

Computer cooking is a task-related phenomenon where students (end-users) must blindly follow a long list of orders without any connection to the content of the problem, if there is any. Despite its low efficacy, this method is widely used and accepted in informatics both in the learning-teaching pro...