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Cognitive Influences on Learning Programming

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A theoretical exploration of cognitive load to guide the teaching of computer programming by tailoring the use of different programming language types (visual vs textual) to the developmental needs of students relative to the complexity of the cognitive concepts being taught so that the cogitative processing capacity of students is not exceeded.

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  1. Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia

    Jason Zagami

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  1. School of Education, La Trobe University, Victoria, VIC, Australia

    Therese Keane

  2. School of Education, University of Tasmania, Launceston, TAS, Australia

    Andrew E. Fluck

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Zagami, J. (2023). Cognitive Influences on Learning Programming. In: Keane, T., Fluck, A.E. (eds) Teaching Coding in K-12 Schools. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-21970-2_26

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