dc.creator | Cárdenas Cobo, Jessenia del Pilar | es |
dc.creator | Puris, Amilkar | es |
dc.creator | Novoa Hernández, Pavel | es |
dc.creator | Parra Jiménez, Águeda | es |
dc.creator | Moreno León, Jesús | es |
dc.creator | Benavides Cuevas, David Felipe | es |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-06-16T08:08:55Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-06-16T08:08:55Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Cárdenas Cobo, J.d.P., Puris, A., Novoa Hernández, P., Parra Jiménez, Á., Moreno León, J. y Benavides Cuevas, D.F. (2021). Using Scratch to Improve Learning Programming in College Students: A Positive Experience from a Non-WEIRD Country. Electronics, 10, 1180-1-1180-15. | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2079-9292 | es |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/11441/111831 | |
dc.description | URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/10/10/1180 | es |
dc.description.abstract | Teaching computer programming is a real challenge in the State University of Milagro
(UNEMI), located in one of the least-developed zones in Ecuador, a non-WEIRD country (WEIRD
stands for Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich and Democratic). Despite the application of
various learning strategies, the historical pass rate does not exceed 43%. To solve this problem,
we have relied on visual programming languages, specifically Scratch. Scratch is an open source
software to learn programming that has a strong assumption of the benefits of community work. A
quasi-experiment conducted with 74 undergraduate students during the first semester of CS showed
that: (1) Both groups (control and experimental) are homogeneous in terms of their demographic
characteristics, previous academic performance and motivation (expectations) concerning the course;
(2) Scratch is strongly accepted by students in the experimental group and concerning the learning
process, both groups showed similar levels of satisfaction; (3) the experimental group showed a pass
rate four times higher than the control group; (4) in general, student success is associated with having
learned programming with Scratch. While limited, our results are an important step in our road to
improve the learning of programming in a low social status area of Ecuador. | es |
dc.format | application/pdf | es |
dc.format.extent | 15 p. | es |
dc.language.iso | eng | es |
dc.publisher | MDPI | es |
dc.relation.ispartof | Electronics, 10, 1180-1-1180-15. | |
dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional | * |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | * |
dc.subject | Computer programming learning | es |
dc.subject | Scratch | es |
dc.subject | Higher education | es |
dc.subject | CS teaching | es |
dc.title | Using Scratch to Improve Learning Programming in College Students: A Positive Experience from a Non-WEIRD Country | es |
dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article | es |
dcterms.identifier | https://ror.org/03yxnpp24 | |
dc.type.version | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion | es |
dc.rights.accessRights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | es |
dc.contributor.affiliation | Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Psicología Evolutiva y de la Educación | es |
dc.contributor.affiliation | Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Lenguajes y Sistemas Informáticos | es |
dc.relation.publisherversion | https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics10101180 | es |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.3390/electronics10101180 | es |
dc.contributor.group | Universidad de Sevilla.SEJ547: Procesos de Desarrollo y Educación en Contextos Familiares y Escolares | es |
dc.contributor.group | Universidad de Sevilla.TIC258: Data-Centric Computing Research Hub | es |
idus.validador.nota | Sara Oria | es |
dc.journaltitle | Electronics | es |
dc.publication.volumen | 10 | es |
dc.publication.initialPage | 1180-1 | es |
dc.publication.endPage | 1180-15 | es |