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ITICSE
2000
ACM
13 years 11 months ago
Pedagogical power tools for teaching Java
We describe a Java toolkit that is designed to support the creation of powerful and extensible GUI interfaces during the first year computer science course. The goals of this tool...
Jeff Raab, Richard Rasala, Viera K. Proulx
SIGCSE
2002
ACM
152views Education» more  SIGCSE 2002»
13 years 7 months ago
Learning styles and performance in the introductory programming sequence
This paper reports on the implication of different preferred learning styles on students'performance in the introductory programming sequence and on work in progress on how t...
Lynda Thomas, Mark Ratcliffe, John Woodbury, Emma ...
ITICSE
2003
ACM
14 years 19 days ago
Extending CRC cards into a complete design process
We have students understand, enjoy, and actually use CRC cards in the introductory object-oriented design process that we teach. We attempted to teach a more sophisticated design ...
Kathleen Arnold Gray, Mark Guzdial, Spencer Rugabe...
FECS
2008
185views Education» more  FECS 2008»
13 years 8 months ago
Will There Ever Be Consensus on CS1?
- The choice of programming language, the approach by which students are taught and the software tools made available to students have been controversial issues in many ways. While...
Robert M. Siegfried, David Chays, Katherine Herber...
EDUTAINMENT
2009
Springer
14 years 1 months ago
Entertaining Education - Using Games-Based and Service-Oriented Learning to Improve STEM Education
This paper addresses the development of a computer game design and development curriculum at the authors’ institution. The basis for curriculum decisions, as well as comparison t...
Jon Preston, Briana Morrison