Programming Language Transfer for Novices

Ethel Tshukudu is a PhD student in Computing Science at the University of Glasgow investigating conceptual transfer for relative novices when they transition from one programming language to another as they progress in their level of Computing Science Education. This area of research is relevant to the Computing Science school education context because students find themselves faced with the need to transfer from blocks to text programming languages or procedural languages to object-oriented languages. Ethel intends on developing a framework of conceptual transfer for relative novices as well as developing a pedagogy that is suitable for conceptual transfer.

Publications

Ethel Tshukudu, Quintin Cutts, and Mary Ellen Foster. 2021. Evaluating a Pedagogy for Improving Conceptual Transfer and Understanding in a Second Programming Language Learning Context. In 21st Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research (Koli Calling '21). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 26, 1–10.

Ethel Tshukudu, Quintin Cutts, Olivier Goletti, Alaaeddin Swidan, and Felienne Hermans. 2021. Teachers’ Views and Experiences on Teaching Second and Subsequent Programming Languages. In Proceedings of the 17th ACM Conference on International Computing Education Research (ICER 2021). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 294–305.

Ethel Tshukudu and Siri Annethe Moe Jensen. 2020. The Role of Explicit Instruction on Students Learning their Second Programming Language. In United Kingdom & Ireland Computing Education Research conference. (UKICER '20). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 10–16.

Ethel Tshukudu and Quintin Cutts. 2020. Understanding Conceptual Transfer for Students Learning New Programming Languages. In Proceedings of the 2020 ACM Conference on International Computing Education Research (ICER '20). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 227–237.

Ethel Tshukudu and Quintin Cutts. 2020. Understanding Conceptual Transfer for Students Learning New Programming Languages. In Proceedings of the 2020 ACM Conference on International Computing Education Research (ICER '20). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 227–237.