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SIGCSE
2008
ACM
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13 years 7 months ago
Programming by choice: urban youth learning programming with scratch
This paper describes Scratch, a visual, block-based programming language designed to facilitate media manipulation for novice programmers. We report on the Scratch programming exp...
John H. Maloney, Kylie A. Peppler, Yasmin B. Kafai...
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CACM
2008
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13 years 7 months ago
Just say 'A Class Defines a Data Type'
data type and (Java) class, asking about the relationship between them. The same students would also be unlikely to find an answer in a CS1 textbook. Some textbooks might not even ...
Chenglie Hu

Book
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15 years 3 months ago
Eloquent JavaScript An opinionated guide to programming
"Eloquent JavaScript is a digital book providing a comprehensive introduction (tutorial) to the JavaScript programming language. Apart from a bookful of text, it contains plen...
Marijn Haverbeke
VL
1999
IEEE
13 years 11 months ago
Does Metaphor Increase Visual Language Usability?
Previous research suggests that graphical metaphor should increase the usability of visual programming languages (VPLs) by providing an instructional aid when learning to use the ...
Alan F. Blackwell, Thomas R. G. Green
CSREAEEE
2008
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13 years 9 months ago
Progranimate - A Web Enabled Algorithmic Problem Solving Application
- This paper proposes the use of an interactive web based problem solving application that utilises flowchart based programming and code generation to address the issues faced by n...
Andrew Scott, Mike Watkins, Duncan McPhee