Using cognitive load theory to improve the efficiency of learning to program

Authors:
Briana B. Morrison
Affiliations:
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
Venue:
Proceedings of the ninth annual international ACM conference on International computing education research
Year:
2013

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Abstract

My research seeks to adopt existing knowledge from educational psychology and instructional design and apply it to the field of computer science education in an effort to make learning programming more time efficient. Specifically I will use cognitive load theory to improve the efficiency of learning to program. I have identified my first two studies: identifying the most appropriate modality for code segment explanations and determining the benefits of worked examples in learning programming.