Assessing the usability of students object-oriented language with first-year IT students: a case study

Conference Publication ResearchOnline@JCU
McArdle, Eugene;Holdsworth, Jason;Lee, Ickjai
Abstract

This paper describes our "objects-first" programming environment from the perspective of HCI in education. We argue why a syntactically simple domain-specific programming language allows first-year IT students to focus on core programming skills such as code reading, writing, and debugging. We present a case study of first-year IT students at our regional university. The results suggest that simplified language design helps a student develop transferable skills and conceptual knowledge when compared with traditional approaches.

Journal

N/A

Publication Name

25th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference: augmentation, application, innovation, collaboration

Volume

N/A

ISBN/ISSN

978-1-4503-2525-7

Edition

N/A

Issue

N/A

Pages Count

8

Location

Adelaide, SA, Australia

Publisher

Association for Computing Machinery

Publisher Url

N/A

Publisher Location

New York, NY, USA

Publish Date

N/A

Url

N/A

Date

N/A

EISSN

N/A

DOI

10.1145/2541016.2541036