The Use of Wiki in Teaching Programming: Effects Upon Achievement, Attitudes, and Collaborative Programming Behaviors

This article explores the feasibility of employing cooperative program editing tools in teaching programming. A quasi-experimental study was conducted, in which the experimental group coeditedtheprogramswithpeersusingthewiki.Thecontrolgroupco-editedtheprogramswithpeers usingonlytheface-to-faceapproach.Thefindingsshowthattheco-editingplatformwaseffective in assisting collaborative learning of programming, especially for program implementation. By observingeditinghistories,studentscouldcompareprogramsandthenreflectmoredeeplyabout programming.Theuseof thewikihistory toolalsohelped to illuminatenonlinearanddynamic proceduresutilizedinprogramming.Studentswhoengagedmoreinthecollaborativeprogramming orinteractedmorewithpartnersonthewikishowedgreaterprogramimplementationachievements. Themajorbenefitofusingthewikiwastheenhancedabilitytoobservethedynamicprogramming procedureandtoencounterprogrammingconflicts,whichcontributedtotheprocessofprocedural knowledgeacquisitionandelaboration. KEyWoRDS Collaborative Learning, Collaborative Programming, Computer Programming, Co-Writing, Social Learning, Wiki

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