Analysis of Students' Preconceptions of Concurrency

Cédric Libert; Wim Vanhoof

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Analysis of Students' Preconceptions of Concurrency

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Abstract

In previous literature, several authors have recommended teaching concurrent programming, as the current evolution of IT involves concurrency. However, in order to teach concurrent programming properly, in a constructivist educational learning framework, we need to know the preconceptions students have regarding it. In this paper, we report on the results found from data collected through a questionnaire submitted in secondary schools to 101 students aged from 12 to 15. We detail the preconceptions of concurrent programming we extracted from the questionnaire answers and formulate recommendations toward creating a course teaching concurrent programming.

Translated title of the contribution	Analyse des préconceptions d'étudiants sur la concurrence
Original language	English
Title of host publication	EASEAI 2019 - Proceedings of the 1st ACM SIGSOFT International Workshop on Education through Advanced Software Engineering and Artificial Intelligence, co-located with ESEC/FSE 2019
Editors	Benoit Vanderose, Benoit Frenay, Julie Henry, Xavier Devroey
Place of Publication	New York, NY, USA
Publisher	ACM Press
Pages	9-12
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450368520
ISBN (Print)	978-1-4503-6852-0
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3340435.3342721
Publication status	Published - 26 Aug 2019
Event	1st International Workshop on Education through Advanced Software Engineering and Artificial Intelligence - Tallin, Estonia Duration: 26 Aug 2019 → 26 Aug 2019

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Name	EASEAI 2019
Publisher	ACM

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Workshop	1st International Workshop on Education through Advanced Software Engineering and Artificial Intelligence
Abbreviated title	EASEAI
Country/Territory	Estonia
City	Tallin
Period	26/08/19 → 26/08/19

Keywords

concurrency, concurrent programming, preconception, teaching
Concurrency
Preconception
Concurrent programming
Teaching

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Libert, C., & Vanhoof, W. (2019). Analysis of Students' Preconceptions of Concurrency. In B. Vanderose, B. Frenay, J. Henry, & X. Devroey (Eds.), EASEAI 2019 - Proceedings of the 1st ACM SIGSOFT International Workshop on Education through Advanced Software Engineering and Artificial Intelligence, co-located with ESEC/FSE 2019 (pp. 9-12). (EASEAI 2019). ACM Press. https://doi.org/10.1145/3340435.3342721

Libert, Cédric ; Vanhoof, Wim. / Analysis of Students' Preconceptions of Concurrency. EASEAI 2019 - Proceedings of the 1st ACM SIGSOFT International Workshop on Education through Advanced Software Engineering and Artificial Intelligence, co-located with ESEC/FSE 2019. editor / Benoit Vanderose ; Benoit Frenay ; Julie Henry ; Xavier Devroey. New York, NY, USA : ACM Press, 2019. pp. 9-12 (EASEAI 2019).

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Libert, C & Vanhoof, W 2019, Analysis of Students' Preconceptions of Concurrency. in B Vanderose, B Frenay, J Henry & X Devroey (eds), EASEAI 2019 - Proceedings of the 1st ACM SIGSOFT International Workshop on Education through Advanced Software Engineering and Artificial Intelligence, co-located with ESEC/FSE 2019. EASEAI 2019, ACM Press, New York, NY, USA, pp. 9-12, 1st International Workshop on Education through Advanced Software Engineering and Artificial Intelligence, Tallin, Estonia, 26/08/19. https://doi.org/10.1145/3340435.3342721

Analysis of Students' Preconceptions of Concurrency. / Libert, Cédric ; Vanhoof, Wim.
EASEAI 2019 - Proceedings of the 1st ACM SIGSOFT International Workshop on Education through Advanced Software Engineering and Artificial Intelligence, co-located with ESEC/FSE 2019. ed. / Benoit Vanderose; Benoit Frenay; Julie Henry; Xavier Devroey. New York, NY, USA: ACM Press, 2019. p. 9-12 (EASEAI 2019).

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Libert C , Vanhoof W. Analysis of Students' Preconceptions of Concurrency. In Vanderose B, Frenay B, Henry J, Devroey X, editors, EASEAI 2019 - Proceedings of the 1st ACM SIGSOFT International Workshop on Education through Advanced Software Engineering and Artificial Intelligence, co-located with ESEC/FSE 2019. New York, NY, USA: ACM Press. 2019. p. 9-12. (EASEAI 2019). doi: 10.1145/3340435.3342721

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