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dc.contributor.advisorMoore, Joi L., 1966-eng
dc.contributor.authorBates, Carlaeng
dc.date.issued2017eng
dc.date.submitted2017 Summereng
dc.descriptionDr. Joi Moore, Dissertation Advisor.eng
dc.descriptionincludes vitaeng
dc.description.abstractAs society moves into the information age, it has generated the need for people capable of computational, and computer-oriented tasks. Universities have responded with more disciplines requiring at least one programming course, but educators stand witness to students of all degree majors struggling in these introductory programming courses. Traditionally, these courses follow a classic pattern of lecture followed by homework programs written during lab sessions. This raises the question of whether students would be more likely to complete a beginning programming course successfully if instructors included various pedagogy styles. In this research, the question is addressed by interacting with students through various methods in a controlled fashion to quantify the impact of student learning styles. This is achieved by the instructor posting programming teaching materials matching known learning style featuring variation in visual, aural, read/write, and kinesthetic (VARK) concentrations. Then the students complete the VARK®, A Guide to Learning Styles, questionnaire. It is found that there are not any significant statistical relationships in regard to preferred learning styles, but additional teaching material for different preferred learning styles were popular with the students.eng
dc.description.bibrefIncludes bibliographical references (pages 122-126).eng
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityDr. Joi Moore, Dissertation Advisor.|Includes vita.eng
dc.format.extent1 online resource (ix, 192 pages) : color illustrationseng
dc.identifier.merlinb121800477eng
dc.identifier.oclc1025333700eng
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10355/62284
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.32469/10355/62284eng
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.publisherUniversity of Missouri--Columbiaeng
dc.relation.ispartofcommunityUniversity of Missouri--Columbia. Graduate School. Theses and Dissertationseng
dc.rightsOpenAccess.eng
dc.rights.licenseThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 License.eng
dc.subject.FASTCulturally relevant pedagogyeng
dc.subject.FASTComputer programmingeng
dc.titleTeaching pedagogy and preferred learning styles for introductory computer programming courseseng
dc.typeThesiseng
thesis.degree.disciplineInformation science and learning technologies (MU)eng
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Missouri--Columbiaeng
thesis.degree.levelDoctoraleng
thesis.degree.namePh. D.eng


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