HProgramming: a Helping Tool for Teach and Learn Programming

Abstract

Programming is the process of creating and organizing a set of instructions to solve a problem using a computer. In a first phase, we can see programming learning as the acquisition of a set of basic elements of a language. At this stage, this set of elements can be easily memorized. However, for this learning process to be effective, it is necessary to closely monitor each student, focusing on students who begin to manifest difficulties in the first stage of learning. It is important to emphasize that a tutorial action can be performed by people or automated systems. In this work, we present a helping tool to teach and learn to program. Where the plan and activities created by the teacher are privileged. The student has at his disposal a set of exercises framed with the plane defined by the teacher, and practice at his own pace and as often as he deems necessary with the respective immediate feedback.