Ensino de programação com ênfase na solução de problemas

• Ano de defesa: 2010
• Autor(a) principal: Bini, Elena Mariele
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso embargado
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná; Ponta Grossa; Brasil; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ensino de Ciência e Tecnologia; UTFPR
• Palavras-chave em Português: Programação (Computadores) - Estudo e ensino; Aprendizagem baseada em problemas; Heurística; Computer programming - Study and teaching; Problem-based learning; Heuristic; CNPQ::CIENCIAS HUMANAS; Ensino de Ciências e Matemática
• Link de acesso: http://repositorio.utfpr.edu.br/jspui/handle/1/3530

Learning to program a computer is a complex process of skill acquisition. Two main difficulties are present among novice students: the lack of motivation and involvement; and limitations with respect to the capability to solve problems. Teaching strategies are proposed in order to minimize those difficulties, based on the construcionism, the theory developed by Seymour Papert; and on heuristics for problem solution, proposed by George Polya. In this framework, the construction of the adequate mental models was considered as a requirement for effective learning. The teaching strategies are composed of examples and activities with a ludic and challenging character. The application of the method with a group of teenagers of a technical course, showed positive results. The teaching strategies are described in nine phases. They are published in a manual that accompanies the dissertation.