As computing becomes a mainstream discipline embedded in the school curriculum and
acts as an enabler for an increasing range of academic disciplines in higher education, the …

Diagnostic messages generated by compilers and interpreters such as syntax error
messages have been researched for over half of a century. Unfortunately, these messages …

Three decades of active research on the teaching of introductory programming has had
limited effect on classroom practice. Although relevant research exists across several …

Programming error messages play an important role in learning to program. The cycle of
program input and error message response completes a loop between the programmer and …

The effects of technology acceptance and innovation diffusion behaviors on information and
communications technology-enabled teaching/learning systems (ITLS) adoption attract …

This article presents a systematic literature review (SLR) on the effects of serious games, or
more specifically educational games that aim to teach Computational Thinking (CT) skills to …

This article presents the architecture and evaluation of a novel environment for programming
education. The design of this programming environment, and the way it is used in class, is …

Educational games are increasingly used in informal and formal educational settings for
promoting active learning and gaining students' interest in cognitively demanding subjects …

The Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) technique is nowadays the most popular
programming technique among tertiary education institutions. However, learning OOP is a …

Designing and deploying programming courses is undoubtedly a challenging task. In this
paper, an attempt to analyze important aspects of a sequence of two courses on imperative …