Work in progress: Analysis of the relationship between teaching contents and motivation in programming education

In this research the motivational levels of the students in a social welfare department while learning computer programming were analyzed relative to the contents that were taught in each lesson. The introductory programming course was game-based, and Java language was used with Eclipse as the Integ...

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Published in2012 Frontiers in Education Conference Proceedings pp. 1 - 2
Main Authors Tsukamoto, H., Takemura, Y., Nagumo, H., Nitta, N.
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.10.2012
Subjects
analysis
ARCS model
Computational modeling
Educational institutions
Games
introductory programming
Java
motivation
Programming profession
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Summary:In this research the motivational levels of the students in a social welfare department while learning computer programming were analyzed relative to the contents that were taught in each lesson. The introductory programming course was game-based, and Java language was used with Eclipse as the Integrated Development Environment (IDE). The lessons were designed in such a way that as the students finished more and more assignments they were nearing completion of the Tetris game. The motivation levels were measured using a questionnaire based on the ARCS motivation model, which has four factors: Attention, Relevance, Confidence, and Satisfaction. As a result, it was found that the motivation of the students changes according to the lesson content.
ISBN:146731353X
9781467313537
ISSN:0190-5848
2377-634X
DOI:10.1109/FIE.2012.6462408