TRABAJO COLABORATIVO MEDIADO POR UN ENTORNO WEB Y UNA WEBQUEST EN LAS ESTRATEGIAS DE APRENDIZAJE DE LENGUAJES DE PROGRAMACIÓN

Abstract

The main objective is to analyze learning strategies that IV Programming Language students usually develop in teaching situations, mediated by the project method, the interaction framed under the collaborative work concepts, and the use of a web environment and a webquest. The fifth semester of Informatics, at the IUT of Valencia, is the context where the study took place. It is an exploratory and descriptive research. A quasi-experimental design was chosen with the intentional selection of a statistical sample and the formation of both, experimental and control groups. Pre and post tests were applied to both groups and a questionnaire to determine the participants’ work methods used in previous semesters. A Likert scale is to identify and analyze learning strategies. Results show the need to address complementary methods to identify and assess learning strategies in a systematic and formal way, from early methodological stages. Additionally, the incorporation of teaching and learning strategies and their research demands some training teacher and researcher to guarantee the correct implementation of such a strategies. Moreover, teachers need to know how the human being learns and identify learning stages and processes to improve learning itself.