Teaching and Learning Computer Programming: Multiple Research Perspectives 1º edição

Marc Notes: Based on a Symposium on Research on Teaching and Learning Computer Programming held April 1, 1987, in Washington, D. C.; Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Publisher Marketing: The influx of computer technology into classrooms during the past decade raises the questions -- how can we teach children to use computers productively and what effect will learning to program computers have on them? During this same period, researchers have investigated novice learning of computer programming. Teaching and Learning Computer Programming unites papers and perspectives by respected researchers of teaching and learning computer science while it summarizes and integrates major theoretical and empirical contributions. It gives a current and concise account of how instructional techniques affect student learning and how learning of programming affects students' cognitive skills. This collection is an ideal supplementary text for students and a valuable reference for professionals and researchers of education, technology and psychology, computer science, communication, developmental psychology, and industrial organization.

Contributor Bio:  Mayer, John Ed. LEONARD MAYER, AIA, is Principal of The Planning Collaborative, Ltd., a consulting firm that specializes in programming and planning laboratory and health care facilities. He has master planned and programmed more than 22 million gross square feet of research and clinical laboratory and health care facilities. Mr. Mayer is a former director of Professional Practice Programs at the American Institute of Architects and the editor of Architects Handbook of Professional Practice, AIA Documents Series, and the First Edition of Legal Citations File. He also assisted the College of American Pathologists' Laboratory Function and Design Committee in the revision of the Medical Laboratory Planning and Design Manual and is currently a member of the National Committee on Clinical Laboratory Standards' Subcommittee on Laboratory Design and Safety. Contributor Bio:  Mayer, Richard E Richard E. Mayer is Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He served as president of the Division of Educational Psychology for the American Psychological Association (APA) and as vice president of the Learning and Instruction Division for the American Educational Research Association (AERA). He has received many awards, including APA's E. L. Thorndike Award for career achievement in educational psychology and AERA's Sylvia Scribner Award. He has authored more than 400 publications, including 25 books, such as Applying the Science of Learning; Multimedia Learning, 2nd edition; Learning and Instruction, 2nd edition; and e-Learning and the Science of Instruction, 3rd edition (with R. Clark).