Presentation 2021-03-06
Comparison of Learning State between Visual Programming Language and Text Programming Language
Katsuyuki Umezawa, Takashi Ishida, Makoto Nakazawa, Shigeichi Hirasawa,
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Abstract(in English) In recent years, programming beginners have begun to use visual programming languages such as Scratch. After that, they use text-based programming languages such as C and Java. But there are high walls between visual and text-based languages. It is important to establish a seamless transition from visual to text-based languages. In this study, we clarify the difference in learning process between visual language and text-based language by measuring brain waves. Specifically, we will conduct experiments to solve problems with different difficulty levels for learning visual and text-based languages. The brain waves at that time are measured, and we evaluate the value of beta/alpha. As a result, the value of beta/alpha when solving difficult problems increased in the text-based language, but not in the visual language. This suggests that learners may be thinking differently in the learning process of visual and text-based languages.
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Keyword(in English) Programming / Editing Record / Learning Log / Debugging Practice / Simple EEG / Brain wave / Learning analytics / E-learning
Paper # ET2020-72
Date of Issue 2021-02-27 (ET)

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Committee ET
Conference Date 2021/3/6(1days)
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Place (in English) Online
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Topics (in English) Logical Thinking Ability and Programming Education, etc.
Chair Hideyuki Suzuki(Ibaraki Univ.)
Vice Chair Yasuhiro Fujihara(Hyogo College of Medicine)
Secretary Yasuhiro Fujihara(Soka Univ.)
Assistant Ryo Oonuma(Fukushima Univ.) / Sho Yamamoto(Kinki Univ.)

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Registration To Technical Committee on Educational Technology
Language JPN
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Title (in English) Comparison of Learning State between Visual Programming Language and Text Programming Language
Sub Title (in English)
Keyword(1) Programming
Keyword(2) Editing Record
Keyword(3) Learning Log
Keyword(4) Debugging Practice
Keyword(5) Simple EEG
Keyword(6) Brain wave
Keyword(7) Learning analytics
Keyword(8) E-learning
1st Author's Name Katsuyuki Umezawa
1st Author's Affiliation Shonan Institute of Technology(Shonan Inst. of Tech.)
2nd Author's Name Takashi Ishida
2nd Author's Affiliation Takasaki City University of Economics(Takasaki City Univ. of Economics)
3rd Author's Name Makoto Nakazawa
3rd Author's Affiliation Junior College of Aizu(Junior College of Aizu)
4th Author's Name Shigeichi Hirasawa
4th Author's Affiliation Waseda University(Waseda Univ.)
Date 2021-03-06
Paper # ET2020-72
Volume (vol) vol.120
Number (no) ET-424
Page pp.pp.115-120(ET),
#Pages 6
Date of Issue 2021-02-27 (ET)