Teaching programming using bricolage

  • Authors:

  • Evelyn Stiller

  • Affiliations:

  • Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH

  • Venue:
  • Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

Traditional approaches to programming education work well for conventional computer science students, but in the face of reduced enrollments and a severe underrepresentation of women and minorities, we must offer a variety of pedagogies to reach students who do not respond to this pedagogical approach. Research spanning several decades suggests that analytically less-experienced students may do well using a bricolage approach. This paper illustrates how to apply this approach to teaching students to program, and discusses its success in a course called, The Art and Science of Animation.