A Review of Research on Parsons Problems

被引：44
作者：
Du, Yuemeng [1 ]
Luxton-Reilly, Andrew [1 ]
Denny, Paul [1 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
来源：
PROCEEDINGS OF THE TWENTY-SECOND AUSTRALASIAN COMPUTING EDUCATION CONFERENCE, ACE'20 | 2020年
关键词：
Parsons problem; Parsons puzzle; programming exercise;
D O I：
10.1145/3373165.3373187
中图分类号：
TP301 [理论、方法];
学科分类号：
081202 ;
摘要：
Parsons problems are a type of programming exercise where students rearrange jumbled code blocks of a solution program back into its original form. It is usually implemented as a complement or alternative to traditional programming exercises like code-tracing and code-writing. This paper reviews the existing literature on the Parsons problem in introductory CS education. We find that the flexible nature of the design of Parsons problems has led to many variants, and these have been continuously refined to better address student needs. However, the effectiveness of Parsons problems, both as a question type and as a learning tool in CS education, remains uncertain due to a lack of replicated research in the field.
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页码：195 / 202
页数：8
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