Steps before syntax: Helping novice programmers solve problems using the PCDIT framework

• Main Authors: KURNIAWAN, Oka, JEGOUREL, Cyrille, LEE, Norman Tiong Seng, DE MARI, Matthieu, POSKITT, Christopher M.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2022
• Subjects: Computational thinking; novice programmers; problem solving; Python programming; Educational Methods; Programming Languages and Compilers
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/6845; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/7848/viewcontent/pcdit_framework_hicss22.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Novice programmers often struggle with problem solving due to the high cognitive loads they face. Furthermore, many introductory programming courses do not explicitly teach it, assuming that problem solving skills are acquired along the way. In this paper, we present 'PCDIT', a non-linear...