Students Satisfaction with Mastery Learning in an Introductory Programming Course

  • Luiz Augusto de Macedo Morais Universidade Federal de Campina Grande (UFCG)
  • Jorge C. A. Figueiredo Universidade Federal de Campina Grande (UFCG)
  • Dalton D. S. Guerrero Universidade Federal de Campina Grande (UFCG)

Resumo


This paper investigates the satisfaction of students with the application of Mastery Learning (ML) in CS1. We applied the method to allow students master the concepts and progress at their own pace. We performed a survey and discovered that subjects are very satisfied with ML and they prefer to use it instead of a traditional method.
Palavras-chave: Mastery Learning, CS1, Students Satisfaction

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Publicado
03/11/2014
MORAIS, Luiz Augusto de Macedo; FIGUEIREDO, Jorge C. A.; GUERRERO, Dalton D. S.. Students Satisfaction with Mastery Learning in an Introductory Programming Course. In: SIMPÓSIO BRASILEIRO DE INFORMÁTICA NA EDUCAÇÃO (SBIE), 25. , 2014, Dourados/MS. Anais [...]. Porto Alegre: Sociedade Brasileira de Computação, 2014 . p. 1048-1052. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/cbie.sbie.2014.1048.