Lessons learned from students' cheat sheets: Generic models for designing programming study guides

Ihan Hsiao; Claudia Lopez

doi:10.1109/ICALT.2016.91

Lessons learned from students' cheat sheets: Generic models for designing programming study guides

Ihan Hsiao, Claudia Lopez

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Abstract

We survey across generations of work in authorized cheat sheets, and emphasize on extracting generic features for designing one. We construct generic models to address cognitive aspects of learning and focus on the content of knowledge components in the domain of programming language learning. We evaluate the models with real classroom study data and found that the amount of notes on a cheat sheet is associated with gains in students' declarative knowledge, but not procedural knowledge. We also discovered that working in creating new cheat sheets can help students to achieve better exam grades accumulatively beyond and above the effect of their performance in a prior exam. We discuss how these findings can guide the design of technology-based study guides.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Proceedings - IEEE 16th International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, ICALT 2016
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	209-211
Number of pages	3
ISBN (Electronic)	9781467390415
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICALT.2016.91
State	Published - Nov 28 2016
Event	16th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, ICALT 2016 - Austin, United States Duration: Jul 25 2016 → Jul 28 2016

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Other	16th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, ICALT 2016
Country/Territory	United States
City	Austin
Period	7/25/16 → 7/28/16

Keywords

Cheat sheet
Exam preparation
Procedural knowledge
Programming
Study guide

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Human-Computer Interaction
Education
Computer Networks and Communications
Computer Science Applications

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Lessons learned from students' cheat sheets : Generic models for designing programming study guides. / Hsiao, Ihan; Lopez, Claudia.

Proceedings - IEEE 16th International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, ICALT 2016. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2016. p. 209-211 7756960.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Hsiao, I & Lopez, C 2016, Lessons learned from students' cheat sheets: Generic models for designing programming study guides. in Proceedings - IEEE 16th International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, ICALT 2016., 7756960, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 209-211, 16th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, ICALT 2016, Austin, United States, 7/25/16. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICALT.2016.91

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