Exploring flow in novice programming environments

Mark Zarb; Janet Hughes

doi:10.1145/1999747.1999907

Exploring flow in novice programming environments

Mark Zarb
, Janet Hughes

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Flow theory describes a way of gauging happiness and motivation. The flow experience has been widely researched within several contexts, such as work and education. There are opportunities to explore the occurrence of flow within the context of novice programming. What can help students achieve flow? Can flow affect programming success?

Original language	English
Title of host publication	ITiCSE '11
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of the 16th Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science
Place of Publication	New York
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Pages	394
Number of pages	1
ISBN (Print)	978-1-4503-0697-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/1999747.1999907
Publication status	Published - 2011

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