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ITICSE
2010
ACM
14 years 1 months ago
2010
ACM
Introductory computer science classes are known for having a high attrition rate. Some authors believe this is due to students’ difficulties in establishing a mental model of co...
AAAI
2006
13 years 11 months ago
2006
Starting in the fall of 2005 our department began a large-scale effort to incorporate hands-on robotics in many of our courses, including our introductory computer science sequenc...
LISP
1998
13 years 9 months ago
1998
Abstract. RainbowScheme is a visual stepping system that presents Scheme program’s runtime state using icons, colored environment trees, and colored Scheme code. A Scheme program...
SIGCSE
2009
ACM
14 years 10 months ago
2009
ACM
Can engaging students in free and open source software (FOSS) pique their interest in computer science? This paper describes an introductory computer science course that introduce...
ITICSE
2005
ACM
14 years 3 months ago
2005
ACM
One of the largest barriers to learning programming is the precise and complex syntax required to write programs. This barrier is a key impediment to the integration of programmin...