An Experimental Comparison of Instructional Techniques for Use in Teaching Computer Program Flow Chart Design

摘要

Four small groups of college students, selected to approximate a group who had been found to have difficulty in succeeding in the Navy basic course in computer programing, were taught flow charting for computer programing purposes by two methods and two lengths of practice. The only significant differences found concerned the influences of aptitude as measured by the mathematics tests from the Navy Officer Classification Battery and by programer aptitude tests. It is tentatively concluded that selection is a more important problem in training programers than methods of training. Objective methods were developed for grading the final examination flow chart exercise. Plans include developing and simplifying this grading procedure for use with other designs. (Author)