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Computer architecture and mental models

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Cecile Yehezkel,

Mordechai Ben-Ari,

Tommy DreyfusAuthors Info & Claims

SIGCSE '05: Proceedings of the 36th SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education

Pages 101 - 105

https://doi.org/10.1145/1047344.1047390

Published: 23 February 2005 Publication History

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The EasyCPU visualization environment was developed for teaching computer architecture to novice students of computer science. During the development, the process of choosing the appropriate conceptual model of the computer for the visualization motivated research on the mental models that arise in the students as they learn. These mental models come from attempts by the students to make sense of the conceptual models presented to them by the software tool and their learning materials (textbook and exercises). The research findings support the view that the visualization was critical in enabling the construction of a viable mental model, a process that did not occur from textbook learning alone, because for the majority of students, their mental models were based upon their end-user experience rather than on the theoretical learning.

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Computer architecture and mental models
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SIGCSE '05: Proceedings of the 36th SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education

February 2005

610 pages

ISBN:1581139977

DOI:10.1145/1047344

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Ithaca College
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University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh
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Rochester Institute of Technology
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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin Volume 37, Issue 1
2005
562 pages
ISSN:0097-8418
DOI:10.1145/1047124
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