Collaborative Project-Based Learning of Environments Programming From Civil Engineering Projects

The objective of this research is to present and support the implementation of a teaching methodology based on active learning in a programming course taught to students of the first year of the civil engineering career. The active learning techniques used are project-based learning and collaborativ...

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Main Author: Rodrigo Fernando Herrera
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Language:English
Published: Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica 2017-04-01
Series:Revista Electrónica Educare
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Online Access:http://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/EDUCARE/article/view/7639
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description The objective of this research is to present and support the implementation of a teaching methodology based on active learning in a programming course taught to students of the first year of the civil engineering career. The active learning techniques used are project-based learning and collaborative learning. The research methodology is the study of three cases. The application of this methodology is supported by the increase in the percentages of achievement of the learning results obtained by the students of the same course in which this methodology was implemented (academic year 2015), to the detriment of students where a traditional methodology of teaching was applied (academic year 2013-2014). To evaluate the achievement, formative and summative evaluations were used by the teaching staff (heteroevaluation), and a self-assessment was implemented at the end of the course as well. From the obtained results it is evident that, when applying an active methodology, the students increase their achievement in each learning result; they reduce the gap between their perception of what is learned and the evaluation of teachers; and they improve their attitudinal skills (self-learning, teamwork, development and presentation of reports), among other benefits.
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spelling doaj-art-89f66004ed7649eb8b51a370c20493d62025-08-20T02:56:26ZengUniversidad Nacional, Costa RicaRevista Electrónica Educare1409-42582017-04-0121211810.15359/ree.21-2.108779Collaborative Project-Based Learning of Environments Programming From Civil Engineering ProjectsRodrigo Fernando Herrera0Pontificia Universidad Católica de ChileThe objective of this research is to present and support the implementation of a teaching methodology based on active learning in a programming course taught to students of the first year of the civil engineering career. The active learning techniques used are project-based learning and collaborative learning. The research methodology is the study of three cases. The application of this methodology is supported by the increase in the percentages of achievement of the learning results obtained by the students of the same course in which this methodology was implemented (academic year 2015), to the detriment of students where a traditional methodology of teaching was applied (academic year 2013-2014). To evaluate the achievement, formative and summative evaluations were used by the teaching staff (heteroevaluation), and a self-assessment was implemented at the end of the course as well. From the obtained results it is evident that, when applying an active methodology, the students increase their achievement in each learning result; they reduce the gap between their perception of what is learned and the evaluation of teachers; and they improve their attitudinal skills (self-learning, teamwork, development and presentation of reports), among other benefits.http://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/EDUCARE/article/view/7639Aprendizaje activoaprendizaje colaborativometodología de enseñanzaevaluación sumativa, autoevaluación.
spellingShingle Rodrigo Fernando Herrera
Collaborative Project-Based Learning of Environments Programming From Civil Engineering Projects
Revista Electrónica Educare
Aprendizaje activo
aprendizaje colaborativo
metodología de enseñanza
evaluación sumativa, autoevaluación.
title Collaborative Project-Based Learning of Environments Programming From Civil Engineering Projects
title_full Collaborative Project-Based Learning of Environments Programming From Civil Engineering Projects
title_fullStr Collaborative Project-Based Learning of Environments Programming From Civil Engineering Projects
title_full_unstemmed Collaborative Project-Based Learning of Environments Programming From Civil Engineering Projects
title_short Collaborative Project-Based Learning of Environments Programming From Civil Engineering Projects
title_sort collaborative project based learning of environments programming from civil engineering projects
topic Aprendizaje activo
aprendizaje colaborativo
metodología de enseñanza
evaluación sumativa, autoevaluación.
url http://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/EDUCARE/article/view/7639
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