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Coding Dojo as a transforming practice in collaborative learning of programming: an experience report

Authors:

Peterson Luiz da R. Rodrigues,

Luiz Paulo Franz,

Jean Felipe P. Cheiran,

João Pablo S. da Silva,

Andréa S. BordinAuthors Info & Claims

SBES '17: Proceedings of the XXXI Brazilian Symposium on Software Engineering

Pages 348 - 357

https://doi.org/10.1145/3131151.3131180

Published: 20 September 2017 Publication History

Abstract

Learning computer programming is a challenging task as evidenced by high failure and dropout rates. Our work aims to overcome some difficulties of Software Engineering undergraduate students by collaborative learning practices of computer programming. In this paper we report the experience of a project executed at Federal University of Pampa to improve the practice in programming using Coding Dojos as a learning strategy. The project lasted two years and had fourteen meetings. Every meeting had three distinct moments: problem choosing, coding, and retrospective. We analyzed project results according to two perspectives. By Dojo Master perspective, we collected and summarized their perceptions by classifying what did it work and what did not work. In participants' perspective, we applied a survey to collect attitudes, which were examined through statistics and content analysis. Intersection of results point to the following positive general findings: collaborative and joyful environment favors learning, adoption of new programming practices fosters participation, and participants feel more engaged in problem solving. On the other hand, results indicate some issues that shall be addressed: exposure of programming in front of classmates is a barrier, and subsequent Coding Dojos over the same programming language.

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Index Terms

Coding Dojo as a transforming practice in collaborative learning of programming: an experience report
1. Software and its engineering
  1. Software creation and management
    1. Collaboration in software development
      1. Programming teams
    2. Software development process management
      1. Software development methods
        Agile software development

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SBES '17: Proceedings of the XXXI Brazilian Symposium on Software Engineering

September 2017

409 pages

ISBN:9781450353267

DOI:10.1145/3131151

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Meireles Mde Souza Cde Barros FChaves Lde Castro RGiuntini F(2022)The Employment of Testing DOJO as a Collaborative Learning Methodology for Teaching Failure Analysis: An Experience Report2022 4th International Conference on Computer Science and Technologies in Education (CSTE)10.1109/CSTE55932.2022.00015(47-54)Online publication date: May-2022
https://doi.org/10.1109/CSTE55932.2022.00015
Silva LMendes AGomes A(2020)Computer-supported Collaborative Learning in Programming Education: A Systematic Literature Review2020 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON)10.1109/EDUCON45650.2020.9125237(1086-1095)Online publication date: Apr-2020
https://doi.org/10.1109/EDUCON45650.2020.9125237
de Oliveira CCanedo EFaria HAmaral LBonifácio R(2018)Improving Student’s Learning and Cooperation Skills Using Coding Dojos (In the Wild!)2018 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE)10.1109/FIE.2018.8659056(1-8)Online publication date: 3-Oct-2018
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1109/FIE.2018.8659056

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