Resolución de diagramas de flujo y pseudocódigo por parte de estudiantes de Ciencias de la Computación de la Universidad de Costa Rica

Luis Andrés Villalobos Fernández; Álvaro de la Ossa Osegueda; Odir Antonio Rodríguez-Villagra; Adrián Esteban Vergara Heidke

doi:10.51302/tce.2020.491

Authors

Luis Andrés Villalobos Fernández Estudiante de maestría en Ciencias Cognoscitivas de la Universidad de Costa Rica
Álvaro de la Ossa Osegueda Profesor de la Escuela de Ciencias de la Computación e Informática de la Universidad de Costa Rica
Odir Antonio Rodríguez-Villagra Director del Programa de Posgrado en Ciencias Cognoscitivas de la Universidad de Costa Rica e investigador del Instituto de Investigaciones Psicológicas y del Centro de Investigación en Neurociencias de la Universidad de Costa Rica
Adrián Esteban Vergara Heidke Profesor de la Escuela de Filología, Lingüística y Literatura de la Universidad de Costa Rica

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51302/tce.2020.491

Keywords:

cognitive science, diagrams, eye-tracking, meta-analysis, programming, pseudocode

Abstract

An eye tracking study was carried out on 20 students of Computer Science at the University of Costa Rica, half of the first year and the other half of the fourth year. They were asked to solve 10 flowchart and 10 pseudocode exercises. In the experts approximately half of the fixations focus on the most relevant areas of interest for the resolution of the problem, while in the rookies approximately one third of the fixations are concentrated in those areas. When calculating the density of fixations in the areas of interest this pattern is much more evident. Regarding performance, significant differences were observed between experts and novices, showing the first best performance. Regarding the duration of the resolution of the exercises, only significant differences were found between experts and novices when solving pseudocodes. Depending on the results obtained, recommendations are made for the teachers of the programming courses and for future research.

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