Application of Cooperative Learning Techniques in Teaching a Programming Language

• Cecilia E. García Cena ^[1] ; Basil M. Al-Hadithi ^[1] ; Raquel Cedazo León ^[1] ; Luis Dávila ^[1] ; Cristobal Tapia ^[1] ; Teresa Márquez ^[1]
  1. [1] Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

     Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

     Madrid, España

     
• Localización: Tecnologías Aplicadas en la Enseñanza de la Electrónica: TAEE 2012 : Actas del X Congreso de Tecnologías Aplicadas en la Enseñanza de la Electrónica, Escuela de Ingeniería Industrial Universidad de Vigo Vigo, España 13 al 15 Junio de 2012 / coord. por Alfonso Lago Ferreiro, Martín Llamas Nistal, 2012, ISBN 978-84-8158-588-9
• Idioma: inglés
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  • This article describes the methodology followed inComputer Sciences and Microprocessor courses during the lastacademic year. All the performed activities was based oncooperative task that students developed in groups. That groupswere made up by the professor after a diagnostic test. Throughimplementation of this methodology, the students showed a highdegree of satisfaction and consequently, the results of theevaluations has been very successful. The number of passingstudents were rather better than the previous academic years.Furthermore, the desertion ratio decreased quite a lot.