Conceptions of Learning and Approaches to Learning—A Phenomenographic Study of a Group of Overseas Accounting Students from Sri Lanka

2010 ◽  
Vol 19 (5) ◽  
pp. 527-550 ◽  
Author(s):  
Subhash Abhayawansa ◽  
Lariane Fonseca
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Approaches To Learning ◽  
Accounting Students ◽  
Conceptions Of Learning ◽  
Phenomenographic Study

A Phenomenographic Analysis of College Students’ Conceptions of and Approaches to Programming Learning: Insights From a Comparison of Computer Science and Non-Computer Science Contexts

2021 ◽  
pp. 073563312199595
Author(s):  
Te-Lien Chou ◽  
Kai-Yu Tang ◽  
Chin-Chung Tsai
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Computer Science ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Approaches To Learning ◽  
Digital Age ◽  
Conceptions Of Learning ◽  
Community Interactions ◽  
Learning Programming ◽  
Northern Taiwan ◽  
Rote Memory

Programming learning has become an essential literacy for computer science (CS) and non-CS students in the digital age. Researchers have addressed that students’ conceptions of learning influence their approaches to learning, and thus impact their learning outcomes. Therefore, we aimed to uncover students’ conceptions of programming learning (CoPL) and approaches to programming learning (APL), and analyzed the differences between CS and non-CS students. Phenomenographic analysis was adopted to analyze 31 college students (20 CS-related, and 11 not) from northern Taiwan. Results revealed six categories of CoPL hierarchically: 1. memorizing concepts, logic, and syntax, 2. computing and practicing programming writing, 3. expressing programmers’ ideas and relieving pressure, 4. applying and understanding, 5. increasing one’s knowledge and improving one’s competence, and 6. seeing in a new way. Four categories of APL were also found, namely: 1. copying from the textbook, teachers, or others, 2. rote memory, 3. multiple exploration attempts, and 4. online or offline community interactions. Furthermore, we found that most CS students held higher level CoPL (e.g., seeing in a new way) than non-CS students. However, compared with non-CS students, CS students adopted more surface approaches to learning programming, such as copying and rote memory. Implications are discussed.

Understanding gypsy children’s conceptions of learning: A phenomenographic study

2013 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 152-166 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pedro Rosário ◽  
José Carlos Núñez ◽  
Raquel Azevedo ◽  
Jennifer Cunha ◽  
Armanda Pereira ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Conceptions Of Learning ◽  
Phenomenographic Study ◽  
Children’S Conceptions

Approaches to learning of Indonesian accounting students

2008 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hadrian G. Djajadikerta ◽  
Hamfri Djajadikerta ◽  
Terri Trireksani
Keyword(s):  
Approaches To Learning ◽  
Accounting Students
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