Browsing North-West University Journals by Author "10113924 - Havenga, Hester Maria"
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Increasing self-efficacy in learning to program: exploring the benefits of explicit instruction for problem solving
Govender, Irene; Govender, Desmond W.; Havenga, Marietjie; Mentz, Elsa; Breed, Betty; Dignum, Frank; Dignum, Virginia (2014)The difficulty of learning to program has long been identified amongst novices. This study explored the benefits of teaching a problem solving strategy by comparing students’ perceptions and attitudes towards problem ... -
The role of metacognitive skills in solving object-oriented programming problems: a case study
Havenga, Marietjie (2015)This article reports on the role of metacognitive skills when solving object-oriented programming problems as part of a case study. The research was constructivist-based within an interpretivist approach to explore how ... -
Thinking processes used by high-performing students in a computer programming task.
Havenga, M; De Villiers, R; Mentz, E (North-West University, 2011)Computer programmers must be able to understand programming source code and write programs that execute complex tasks to solve real-world problems. This article is a transdisciplinary study at the intersection of computer ...