An exploration of internal factors influencing student learning of programming

Abstract

This paper explores internal factors influencing student learning of programming. This is based on literature relating to student learning and learning of programming. Two dimensions: motivation and capability are used as a framework to explore the data gathered from a study of first year undergraduate IT programming students at an Australian University. The authors propose that the exploration conducted in this study is useful in assisting academics with developing tasks to facilitate student motivation and skills to learn programming.