Objetos de aprendizagem acessíveis de diferentes abordagens para o ensino de programação e avaliação da motivação

Abstract

Courses in the Computing field present high dropout rates. For many new students who have first contact with programming in these courses, the way of teaching logical reasoning contrast with how they are used to, thus becoming a demotivating factor. Literature also points to a lack of accessible materials specific to special-needs students. From the teachers’ point of view, it is necessary to pass on the content to introduce programming as an exciting activity while seeking an approach to teaching that brings better results. This work aims to Investigate and select teaching approaches currently used in programming and tools to assess students’ motivation in courses of this nature. After this, to create accessible Learning Objects (LO) for the selected approaches and propose a method for assessing motivation. Finally, make these resources available in an online repository. To do so, first, we performed bibliographic research on programming teaching approaches, motivation assessment methods, and accessibility in relevant repositories. After, we selected the practices of interest and created the accessible LO for each teaching approach. The CIS questionnaire, a motivation assessment tool for the ARCS model, was adapted and integrated into an online repository. The exercise sheets, the questionnaire, and the repository were prepared considering accessibility standards. Related studies indicate that the CIS questionnaire is suitable for assessing students’ motivation. The material created, combined with statistical metrics, can provide enough data for a teacher to use these materials and compare the approaches on his own.