Relation between Programming Visual Learning with VILEP and Students’ Emotions

Abstract

In this article a visual programming tool is shown, which allows coding programs by abstracting complex parts of the syntactic structures of the language by means of graphic representations combined with textual expressions. The tool allows student to relate the syntax of a language to the logic of solving a problem. To validate the proposal, we carried out an experience with a group of students who used the tool and another group who used Eclipse. The results show that there was an additional 23.4% of students who used the tool and reduced their error rate compared to those who used Eclipse.