Uma plataforma web com parsons puzzles para apoio ao aprendizado de programação

Abstract

Learning programming is challenging and has expanded to areas beyond traditional computing education, motivating alternative ways of developing it. Parsons problems (or Parsons puzzles) fall into this context, and are characterized by blocks of code that must be unscrambled to form a correct program. This type of problem has been shown to be as effective as writing and correcting code manually, but with less cognitive load. Although there are some web-based solutions for Parsons problem exercises, there are still opportunities to explore, particularly with regard to the user interface and recording progress for future analysis. The present work aims to fill these gaps, developing a web platform with a modern interface and recording and feedback to the user about their progress in solving Parsons problems. User Acceptance Testing were applied to the platform’s target audience, which showed very promising results.