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...
A student learning how to program learns best when the programming language and programming environment cater to her specific needs. These needs are different from the requirement...
Young people interact with games, animations, and simulations all of the time. But few of them are able to create interactive media. The obstacle: traditional programming language...
Mitchel Resnick, Mary Flanagan, Caitlin Kelleher, ...
This paper presents an approach for educators to evaluate student progress throughout a course, and not merely based on a final exam. We introduce progress reports and describe ho...
Abstract. Ada has proved to be one of the best languages to learn computer programming. Nevertheless, learning to program is difficult and when it is combined with lack of motivati...