On the influence of creativity in basic programming learning in a first-year engineering course
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Autores: Antoni Pérez Poch, Noelia Olmedo Torre, Fermín Sánchez Carracedo
, Núria Salan, David López Álvarez
- Localización: The International journal of engineering education, ISSN-e 0949-149X, Vol. 32, no. Extra 5 (Parte B), 2016 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Engineering Education for All), págs. 2302-2309
- Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
Teaching fundamentals of programming is a complex task that involves student acquisition of diverse knowledge andskills. It is also well known that programming often requires a certain degree of creativity. There are some studies on how tofoster creativity with programming, but few of them have analyzed the influence of students’ creativity on theirperformance as programmers. In this paper we present the results of such a study, with a sample of 89 freshmenengineering students. Our results suggest (p < 0.01) that a high level of creativity is correlated with achieving excellence inprogramming. Creativity is a soft skill which is not currently covered within most engineering curricula, and we concludethat it should be taken into account. Female, diverse thinking students and some disadvantaged groups may benefit from afree-thinking environment in the classroom, in particular during their first-year in college.
