Muhammad Aasim Qureshi^1,*, Muhammad Asif², Saira Anwar³

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.37, No.1, pp. 439-453, 2023, DOI:10.32604/iasc.2023.036102

Abstract Learning programming and using programming languages are the essential aspects of computer science education. Students use programming languages to write their programs. These computer programs (students or practitioners written) make computers artificially intelligent and perform the tasks needed by the users. Without these programs, the computer may be visioned as a pointless machine. As the premise of writing programs is situated with specific programming languages, enormous efforts have been made to develop and create programming languages. However, each programming language is domain-specific and has its nuances, syntax and semantics, with specific pros and cons. These language-specific details, including syntax and… More >

Shahla Gul¹, Muhammad Asif¹, Zubair Nawaz², Muhammad Haris Aziz³, Shahzada Khurram⁴, Muhammad Qaiser Saleem⁵, Elturabi Osman Ahmed Habib⁵, Muhammad Shafiq^6,*, Osama E. Sheta⁷

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.36, No.2, pp. 1687-1697, 2023, DOI:10.32604/iasc.2023.032494

Abstract In the current era of information technology, students need to learn modern programming languages efficiently. The art of teaching/learning programming requires many logical and conceptual skills. So it’s a challenging task for the instructors/learners to teach/learn these programming languages effectively and efficiently. Mind mapping is a useful visual tool for establishing ideas and connecting them to solve problems. This research proposed an effective way to teach programming languages through visual tools. This experimental study uses a mind mapping tool to teach two programming environments: Text-based Programming and Blocks-based Programming. We performed the experiments with one hundred and sixty undergraduate students… More >