Learning styles: novices decide

Brian Hanks; Carol Zander; Lynda Thomas; Beth Simon; Sue Fitzgerald; Laurie Murphy; Renee McCauley

Learning styles: novices decide

Brian Hanks, Carol Zander, Lynda Thomas, Beth Simon, Sue Fitzgerald, Laurie Murphy, Renee McCauley

Department of Computer Science

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We present what students say about their preferred learning style to succeed in introductory programming. Using the Felder-Silverman learning styles, students contrasted the 'best' learning style for programming with the 'best' for learning mathematics. Overall students believe that while they learn mathematics using a reflective style, learning to program is significantly more active. They also believe learning mathematics has a strong verbal component, whereas learning programming is primarily visual.

Original language	English
Pages	223-227
Number of pages	5
Publication status	Published - Jul 2009

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