Applying Peer Tutoring to Programming Languages Instruction Platform

• Main Authors: Chuan-Ming Chien, 錢傳明
• Other Authors: Sho-Huan Tung
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2008
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/00913999332325689897

碩士 === 雲林科技大學 === 資訊管理系碩士班 === 96 === Hardware and software technologies have advanced dramatically over the years. Effective learning of programming languages, however, lacks significant improvements. Instructors and students lack interaction and the teaching style is the same for most situations. As a result, learning to program is still very difficult for many students. Through the help of Programming Learning Environments (PLE), instructors can “teach less” while students can “learn more” using automated exercise assignment and practice systems. However, PLE has many rooms for improvements. Improved interaction among students and instructors, peering tutoring, and improved information gathering and display are just a few examples. This thesis discusses the problems and shortcomings of current PLE and proposes peer tutoring as a practical and attractive alternative to intelligent tutoring systems. In addition, we designed a rich information gathering and visualizing technique that can help instructors and peer tutors to better accomplish their jobs of assigning tutors and helping students respectively.