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SIGCSE
2000
ACM
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13 years 12 months ago
Evaluating programming ability in an introductory computer science course
There are numerous ways to evaluate student programming ability, all of which have benefits and drawbacks. In this paper we discuss how we have combined a number of those evaluati...
A. T. Chamillard, Kim A. Braun
CSEE
2006
Springer
13 years 9 months ago
Viope as a Tool for Teaching Introductory Programming: An Empirical Investigation
In this paper we describe the use of a tool from Viope for teaching introductory programming. We have noticed in our previous courses that the students often have trouble connecti...
Jeffrey C. Carver, Lisa Henderson
CGI
2001
IEEE
13 years 11 months ago
Javra: A Simple, Extensible Java Package for VRML
Javra is a Java package for handling VRML scene graphs; it operates either stand-alone or in combination with a VRML browser. The combination of Javra and a VRML browser forms an ...
Huub van de Wetering
SIGCSE
1991
ACM
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13 years 11 months ago
Pictures as invariants
The development, specification, and use of a loop invariant are useful and underutilized tools in writing code to solve a problem or implement an algorithm. Invariants are especi...
Owen L. Astrachan
VL
2007
IEEE
132views Visual Languages» more  VL 2007»
14 years 1 months ago
A Study on Applying Roles of Variables in Introductory Programming
Expert programmers possess programming knowledge, which is language independent and abstract. Still, programming is mostly taught only via constructs of a programming language and...
Pauli Byckling, Jorma Sajaniemi