Discussion on six-step approach of programming courses in vocational colleges

Abstract

Because of the abstract of programming courses, the weak learning ability of vocational college students and the shortage of learning resources, it is difficult to purely apply action-oriented teaching in programming courses nowadays. This paper provides an improved action-oriented teaching based on the characteristics of the course and the student and the existed learning resources. The new method is named IDCEAG, which follows the six steps of "importing a case→designing its algorithm→coding its function→explaining its knowledge→applying by self→guiding its summary". By practice, IDCEAG can achieve the teaching aims on training programming capability. The method is also suitable for the other integrated courses of theory and practice included in the computer related major. © 2012 Springer-Verlag GmbH Berlin Heidelberg.