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Development of a Checklist Tool for Teaching Problem-Solving Skills

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Problem solving is a critical skill for computer science. However, the complexity and overhead of most programming tasks make problem solving difficult to explicitly teach. Previous studies describe explicit instruction of problem-solving strategies, but provide few details about how the strategies have been developed. We describe the development of a checklist tool that guides students in solving general programming tasks. The tool was developed by observing problem-solving strategies used by advanced computer science students in practice. We believe that the tool will provide a basis for explicit problem-solving instruction for novice programmers.

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    ITiCSE '19: Proceedings of the 2019 ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education
    July 2019
    583 pages
    ISBN:9781450368957
    DOI:10.1145/3304221
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    1. problem solving
    2. teaching aid development

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