Hulcher, C., & Hamrick, T. R., & Santiago, L., & Brewster, M. K. (2024, July), Work-In-Progress: Hands-on Activities to Improve Student Engagement and Learning in an Introductory Programming Course  Paper presented at 15th Annual First-Year Engineering Experience Conference (FYEE), Boston, Massachusetts. 10.18260/1-2--48647

\bibitem{asee_peer_48647}
  Hulcher, C., \& Hamrick, T. R., \& Santiago, L., \& Brewster, M. K. (2024, July), \emph{Work-In-Progress: Hands-on Activities to Improve Student Engagement and Learning in an Introductory Programming Course}
  Paper presented at 15th Annual First-Year Engineering Experience Conference (FYEE), Boston, Massachusetts.
  10.18260/1-2--48647

Carter Hulcher, Todd R Hamrick, Lizzie Santiago, and Michael Keith Brewster.  "Work-In-Progress: Hands-on Activities to Improve Student Engagement and Learning in an Introductory Programming Course".  15th Annual First-Year Engineering Experience Conference (FYEE), Boston, Massachusetts, 2024, July.  ASEE Conferences, 2024.  https://peer.asee.org/48647 Internet.  15 Dec, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_48647}
  Carter Hulcher, Todd R Hamrick, Lizzie Santiago, and Michael Keith Brewster.
  "Work-In-Progress: Hands-on Activities to Improve Student Engagement and Learning in an Introductory Programming Course".
  \emph{15th Annual First-Year Engineering Experience Conference (FYEE), Boston, Massachusetts, 2024, July}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2024.
  https://peer.asee.org/48647 Internet.  15 Dec, 2024

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TY  - CPAPER
AB  - Computer programming has become an in-demand skill, even for those positions that are not directly involved in Computer Science. In general, students enter introductory programming courses from a variety of backgrounds and programming experience levels. Their backgrounds and prior experiences can influence how they perceive programming activities in the classroom. 
This paper summarizes the preliminary results of a mixed-method approach in which a survey is administered to students enrolled in an introductory engineering programming course at a public, 4-year university in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. 
Prior to these activities being developed, the course was taught with students completing programming work with no hands-on component. The pre- and post- surveys collected students’ opinions on questions related to confidence, interest, knowledge, and understanding of programming concepts and applications before and after experiencing three different hands-on activities in the programming course. These hands-on activities also require students to program in a new language. 
This research aims to investigate the following questions: (1) how do hands-on activities influence students’ interest in computer programming, (2) do hands-on activities influence students’ understanding of specifically targeted programming concepts, (3) how does a students’ prior knowledge and demographic    influence their understanding, interest, and confidence in programming before and after experiencing hands-on applications of programming, and (4) does a students’ interest, confidence, and understanding in translating code into a different programming language change after experiencing these hands-on programming activities? All hands-on activities have been developed and include a home security system, an object sorter based on color, and an obstacle avoiding robot. Information is currently being collected and will continue in future semesters. These hands-on activities could be used by institutions to improve student engagement and learning in computer programming courses.
AU  - Carter Hulcher
AU  - Todd R Hamrick
AU  - Lizzie Santiago
AU  - Michael Keith Brewster
CY  - Boston, Massachusetts
DA  - 2024/07/28
PB  - ASEE Conferences
TI  - Work-In-Progress: Hands-on Activities to Improve Student Engagement and Learning in an Introductory Programming Course
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