Research Article
“I Show You How I Solved It!”
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-031-18123-8_20, author={Terry Inglese and Lukas E. F\aa{}ssler and Patrik Christen}, title={“I Show You How I Solved It!”}, proceedings={Multimedia Technology and Enhanced Learning. 4th EAI International Conference, ICMTEL 2022, Virtual Event, April 15-16, 2022, Proceedings}, proceedings_a={ICMTEL}, year={2022}, month={10}, keywords={Programming Mathematics Self-explaining Teaching Student video Transfer learning}, doi={10.1007/978-3-031-18123-8_20} }- Terry Inglese
Lukas E. Fässler
Patrik Christen
Year: 2022
“I Show You How I Solved It!”
ICMTEL
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-18123-8_20
Abstract
A relevant concern of Java programming and mathematics instructors is that first-year college students usually have difficulties in grasping the abstract concepts of these two disciplines. Consequently, a meaningful part of students may fail to pass their core exams in BIT,Business Information Technology. To overcome this issue, two maths and programming instructors and a researcher in psychology of education, implemented the so-calledexploratory video-based instructional intervention, through which BIT students were asked to explain specific Java programming concepts and to describe how to solve three maths exercises using self-produced videos. From a diagnostic perspective, the instructors were able: a) to recognise the correctness of the syntactic knowledge, the conceptual knowledge and the strategic knowledge of Java programming and b) to distinguish whether students were correctly applying the foundations of mathematics, which are essential skills for becoming a good programmer. The results of this experimental study showed that first-year students appreciated the production of these self-explaining videos, resulting in mastering complex abstract concepts in mathematics and in programming.
