International Journal of Education and Development using ICT

International Journal of Education and Development using ICT > Vol. 13, No. 2 (2017)

Computational algorithmization: Limitations in problem solving skills in computational sciences majors at University of Oriente

Antonio ASC Salgado Castillo, General Teaching Hospital
Isabel Alonso Berenguer, UNIVERSIDAD DE ORIENTE
Alexander Gorina Sánchez, UNIVERSIDAD DE ORIENTE
Tomás Ramón Rivero Álvarez, UNIVERSIDAD DE ORIENTE

Abstract
This paper analyzes the results of a diagnostic study carried out with second year students of the computational sciences majors at University of Oriente, Cuba, to determine the limitations that they present in computational algorithmization. An exploratory research was developed using quantitative and qualitative methods. The results allowed verifying insufficiencies that have their base in the processes of interpretation and understanding of the problematic situations and in the insufficient design of algorithms, using pseudocodes, before implementing the solutions in a programming language.

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