#5948. A low-level approach to improve programming learning

July 2026publication date
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Human-Computer Interaction;
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Abstract:
Learning to program is becoming a universally desired ability. Discovering better ways to teach programming and improving existing ones is essential to increase its accessibility. At present, most teaching approaches focus on high-level languages and constructs to ease understanding. However, understanding problems seem to persist making the learning process slow and painful. Moreover, mental models developed by students present gaps and misunderstandings that limit their maximum achievable abilities. This paper presents a new approach to teach students bottom-up, starting from machine code and assembler programming. This approach has been tested on first-year university students for two consecutive years. Experimental groups attended a 16 h course the week before their first term at the university. Then, their performance was comparatively measured against the control group through their marks on the introductory Programming 1 subject. Several potential confounding factors were also considered.
Keywords:
Computational abilities; Learning to program; Teaching programming; Universal education access

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