Introducing Programming Languages Through Data Acquisition Examples

Slavko Kocijancic; Tomaž Kušar; David Rihtaršič

Introducing Programming Languages Through Data Acquisition Examples

Authors

Slavko Kocijancic University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Education, Department of Physics and Technology, Kardeljeva ploscad 16, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Tomaž Kušar University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Education, Department of Physics and Technology, Kardeljeva ploscad 16, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
David Rihtaršič University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Education, Department of Physics and Technology, Kardeljeva ploscad 16, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

Keywords:

Data acquisition, engineering education, programming languages, robotics

Abstract

Motivating students at low and upper secondary schools to learn programming languages is not an easy task for a teacher. Namely, programming is not and easy job to do and the results of first “programs” seem to be very poor compared even to free software available on the web. So why learn programming languages? To overcome the trouble of motivation in teaching programming languages, we have developed a course to introduce Delphi, Visual basic, C++, LabView, … based on practical examples supported by self developed, low-cost data acquisition modules. In-service teachers at secondary schools who attended the workshops accepted this concept positively, most of them reported about positive change of students’ attitude regarding programming classes.

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Published

2008-10-02

How to Cite

Kocijancic, S., Kušar, T., & Rihtaršič, D. (2008). Introducing Programming Languages Through Data Acquisition Examples. International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET), 3, pp. 28–33. Retrieved from https://online-journals.org/index.php/i-jet/article/view/632