Embedded questions in ebooks on programming
Juha Sorva, Teemu Sirkiä · 2015
We discuss uses of embedded computing questions (ECQs) in interactive electronic textbooks on programming, identifying a non-exhaustive list of three main categories of ECQs and nine subcategories. The main categories are: ECQs that introduce content, ECQs that reinforce learning, and ECQs that highlight content. We provide examples from an existing ebook, discuss how student perceptions may pose challenges to the use of ECQs, and invite the research community to debate ECQs and investigate them empirically.