Suggestions for graduated exposure to programming concepts using fading worked examples

Authors:
Simon Gray;Caroline St. Clair;Richard James;Jerry Mead
Affiliations:
College of Wooster, Wooster, OH;North Central College, Naperville, IL;Rollins College, Winter Park, FL;Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA
Venue:
Proceedings of the third international workshop on Computing education research
Year:
2007

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Abstract

The fading worked example has emerged from cognitive load theory as an effective strategy for lowering cognitive load in the novice phase of skill acquisition and has been shown to be effective in mathematics, engineering and psychology. This theoretical paper proposes the application of the fading worked example strategy to programming education.