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A Feasibility Study on Learning of Object-Oriented Programming Based on Fairy Tales

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In learning object-oriented programming (OOP), it is necessary to understand the concept of OOP and apply it to actual development. However, acquiring such skills is not easy for novice programmers. We propose a learning method based on fairy tales in order to make it easier for learners to work by assuming a specific situation, and to make it easier for other learners to share the situation. In the proposed method, the learners select one fairy tale as the subject themselves, and express the flow of the story by interaction between characters, changing attributes, exchanging objects, and outputting narrations. Finally, the learners design the classes and methods necessary for expressing them, and actually realize as an executable program. We applied the proposed method in a lecture at the graduate school and confirmed the feasibility.

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The part of this research was supported by the fund of KAKENHI Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C): Grant Number 22K12319 and 19K03056.

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  1. Chiba Institute of Technology, Tsudanuma, Narashino, Chiba, Japan

    Motoki Miura

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  1. School of Education, La Trobe University, Deepdene, VIC, Australia

    Therese Keane

  2. Education and Social Research Institute, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK

    Cathy Lewin

  3. University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

    Torsten Brinda

  4. Istituto Tecnologie Didattiche, Consiglio Nazioanale delle Ricerche, Genoa, Genova, Italy

    Rosa Bottino

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Miura, M. (2023). A Feasibility Study on Learning of Object-Oriented Programming Based on Fairy Tales. In: Keane, T., Lewin, C., Brinda, T., Bottino, R. (eds) Towards a Collaborative Society Through Creative Learning. WCCE 2022. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, vol 685. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-43393-1_52

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