The way that we assess and overcome problems is an essential part of everyday life.
Problem Solving provides a clear introduction to the underlying mental processes involved …

Nous présentons une analyse et un modèle de simulation de protocoles verbaux de deux
étudiants de niveau collégial (Sujet SS et AD) et d'un enfant de huit ans (Sujet JP) qui …

Hundreds of articles have been published on the topics of teaching and learning recursion,
yet fewer than 50 of them have published research results. This article surveys the …

Recent research into differences between novice and expert computer programmers has
provided evidence that experts know more than novices, and what they know is better …

Objectives: Why are we teaching students about computing? The answer has varied over
the previous five decades, from preparing future programmers, to influencing how learners …

This paper reviews psychological research on programming and applies it to the problems
of learning and teaching Prolog. We present a psychological model that explains how a …

This article discusses cognitive models of learning to program recursion and their relation to
lessons on recursion in an intelligent computer tutor for LISP programming (the LISP Tutor) …

In this paper we introduce the concept of a Prolog programming technique. This concept is
then distinguished both from that of an algorithm and that of a programming cliché. We give …

This research is about the problem solving activities of novice programmers as they learn to
create recursive lisp programs. Their problem solving not only includes the issue of mental …

Abstract Previous research (Anderson, JR, Pirolli, PL, and Farrell, R. in press. Learning to
program recursive functions. In M. Chi, R. Glaser, & M. Farr (Eds.) The nature of expertise.; …