ERIC Number: EJ386222
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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Findings--Structured Flowcharts vs. Pseudocode: The Preference for Learning Algorithms with a Graphic Method.
Scanlan, David
Engineering Education, v78 n11 p173-77 Dec 1988
Notes that almost all computer engineering textbooks present algorithms using only verbal methods. Poses that engineering students' ability to handle graphic representation is crucial yet information is presented verbally. Summarizes the results of 12 replications on learner preference for graphic or verbal algorithmic techniques. (MVL)
Descriptors: Algorithms, Cognitive Processes, College Science, Curriculum Design, Engineering, Engineering Education, Learning, Learning Modalities, Nonverbal Learning, Professional Education, Science Instruction, Symbolic Learning, Teaching Methods, Technical Education, Verbal Learning, Visual Learning
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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