The Anchored Instruction for programming courses: Cases, tasks and knowledge transfer
Qi Liu, Xiaorong Wang · 2009
Programming is the nucleus foundation course in computer subjects, and also is considered generally as a hard learning and teaching course. With the introduction of Anchored Instruction in the course teaching, the study environment focusing on some true cases has been created. tasks with different degree of difficulties have been assigned to students for leading study. Cultivation of knowledge transfer ability for students has been highlighted in teaching process. Lecturer can mobilize the students' interest and enthusiasm in learning, reduce the difficulty of the curricula entry, stimulate learning motivation and guide self study. Practice has proved that the approach can quickly improve the students' practical programming capability to solve problems by using computer, which has significantly teaching effectiveness.