A proposal for using the POGIL methodology in programming teaching: a pilot study

• Marcos A. S. Pinto Federal University of Amazonas http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0281-9461
• Elaine H. T. Oliveira Federal University of Amazonas https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2884-9359
• Thiago Lopes Costa Federal University of Amazonas
• Alexandre Passito Federal University of Amazonas
• Leandro S. G. Carvalho Federal University of Amazonas https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2970-2084
• David B. F. Oliveira Federal University of Amazonas https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2887-2324

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/educomp_estendido.2022.19394

Abstract

The Instituto de Computação da Universidade Federal do Amazonas, aiming to prepare its students for the new skills required by the job market and by society, started a monitoring project with the general objective of applying the active POGIL methodology (Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning - in Portuguese, Learning Process Guided by Guided Research) in teaching Introduction to Computer Programming (IPC). POGIL is an active, process-oriented, student-centered teaching methodology. With this methodology, students learn through the collaborative construction of the concepts developed during the activities. The activities are developed by the teachers and must meet a learning cycle that includes the stages of exploration, interpretation of concepts and application. During the implementation of activities, students form groups and assume specific roles such as the Secretary who is responsible for managing the documents developed by the group, the Presenter who is responsible for exposing the answers or questions encountered during the activity to the class. Delegating functions to students during the process is very important so that they can develop the aforementioned competencies. For this project, 7 group activities were developed to be applied in the remote teaching modality, covering the following concepts: arithmetic operators, variables and sequential structure, conditionals, loops, vectors and matrices. Make teaching programming more attractive, developing personal and professional skills in students.

Keywords: CS1, POGIL, Computing Teaching

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