Understanding loops: What are the misconceptions of lower-secondary pupils?
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Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
<a href="https://infedu.vu.lt/journal/INFEDU/article/744/info" target="_blank" >https://infedu.vu.lt/journal/INFEDU/article/744/info</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.15388/infedu.2023.20" target="_blank" >10.15388/infedu.2023.20</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Understanding loops: What are the misconceptions of lower-secondary pupils?
Original language description
The article describes a study carried out on pupils aged 12-13 with no prior programming experience. The study examined how they learn to use loops with a fixed number of repetitions. Pupils were given a set of programming tasks to solve, without any preparatory or accompanying instruction or explanation, in a block-based visual programming environment. Pupils’ programs were analyzed to identify possible misconceptions and factors influencing them. Four misconceptions involving comprehension of the loop concept and repeat command were detected. Some of these misconceptions were found to have an impact on a pupil’s need to ask the computer to check the correctness of his/her program. Some of the changes made to tasks had an impact on the frequency of these misconceptions and could be the factors influencing them. Teachers and course book writers will be able to use the results of our research to create an appropriate curriculum. This will enable pupils to acquire and subsequently deal with misconceptions that could prevent the correct understanding of created concepts.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>SC</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50301 - Education, general; including training, pedagogy, didactics [and education systems]
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
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Publication year
2023
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Informatics in Education
ISSN
1648-5831
e-ISSN
2335-8971
Volume of the periodical
22
Issue of the periodical within the volume
3
Country of publishing house
LT - LITHUANIA
Number of pages
30
Pages from-to
525-554
UT code for WoS article
001143536500001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85172183413