Creation of a New Collection of Reading Materials and Self-control Exercises for the Course ,,Introduction to Programming’’

Name
Enrique Sarap
Abstract
The University of Tartu course ,,Introduction to Programming’’ is an introductory programming course during which students obtain a fundamental understanding of programming in Python. Students from various departments participate in the course. The participants have a limited background in programming, and the course is taught in English. This bachelor’s thesis aims to create a new collection of course-specific reading materials and self-assessment exercises to enhance individual learning and support the mastery of materials. Previously, mostly externally linked video materials that were not tailor-made were used to teach the course contents. The new collection of materials enables students who prefer reading materials over video to learn thanks to an easily accessible, well-structured, and detailed set of materials. The reading materials were created for seven weeks out of a total of eight, accompanied by 83 self-assessment exercises for testing learned knowledge and revision. Feedback on the new materials was provided by the course supervisors, and improvements were incorporated accordingly.
Graduation Thesis language
Estonian
Graduation Thesis type
Bachelor - Computer Science
Supervisor(s)
Reelika Suviste
Defence year
2024
 
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