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ECLIPSE
2004
ACM
14 years 1 months ago
Developing marking support within Eclipse
In this paper, we describe marking features provided in Gild, a set of plug-ins to support education in Eclipse developed at the University of Victoria. We discuss our requirement...
Del Myers, Elizabeth Hargreaves, Jody Ryall, Suzan...
SIGCSE
2004
ACM
112views Education» more  SIGCSE 2004»
14 years 1 months ago
Design patterns for marine biology simulation
We specify and implement a GUI application that simulates marine biological systems by making extensive use of objectoriented design patterns. The key design patterns are model-vi...
Dung Zung Nguyen, Mathias Ricken, Stephen B. Wong
SIGCSE
2009
ACM
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14 years 8 months ago
Introducing PyLighter: dynamic code highlighter
Like a screenplay, a program is both a static artifact and instructions for a dynamic performance. This duality can keep laypeople from appreciating the complexity of software sys...
Michael G. Boland, Curtis C. Cliburn
SIGCSE
2004
ACM
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14 years 1 months ago
Using software testing to move students from trial-and-error to reflection-in-action
Introductory computer science students rely on a trial and error approach to fixing errors and debugging for too long. Moving to a reflection in action strategy can help students ...
Stephen H. Edwards
CHI
2009
ACM
14 years 8 months ago
Comparing the use of tangible and graphical programming languages for informal science education
Much of the work done in the field of tangible interaction has focused on creating tools for learning; however, in many cases, little evidence has been provided that tangible inte...
Michael S. Horn, Erin Treacy Solovey, R. Jordan Cr...