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ACMSE
2004
ACM
14 years 1 months ago
JavaCHIME: Java class hierarchy inspector and method executer
Java has emerged as one of the most dynamic programming languages today. During the past eight years it has become a leading choice as the programming language for an introductory...
Pallavi Tadepalli, H. Conrad Cunningham
SIGCSE
2008
ACM
160views Education» more  SIGCSE 2008»
13 years 7 months ago
CS 0.5: a better approach to introductory computer science for majors
There are often problems when students enter a course with widely different experience levels with key course topics. If the material is covered too slowly, those with greater exp...
Robert H. Sloan, Patrick Troy
SIGCSE
2010
ACM
187views Education» more  SIGCSE 2010»
14 years 28 days ago
Game-themed programming assignments for faculty: a case study
Despite the proven success of using computer video games as a context for teaching introductory programming (CS1/2) courses, barriers including the lack of adoptable materials, re...
Cinnamon Hillyard, Robin Angotti, Michael Panitz, ...
HICSS
2002
IEEE
153views Biometrics» more  HICSS 2002»
14 years 17 days ago
Technology Supported Learning Applied to an Innovative, Integrated Curriculum for First-Year Engineering Majors
In September of 1998, the College of Engineering at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth piloted an innovative, integrated, first-year curriculum. It dramatically changed 31 ...
Paul J. Fortier, Emily Fowler, Raymond N. Laoulach...
SIGCSE
2000
ACM
155views Education» more  SIGCSE 2000»
13 years 12 months ago
A study of common pitfalls in simple multi-threaded programs
It is generally acknowledged that developing correct multithreaded codes is difficult, because threads may interact with each other in unpredictable ways. The goal of this work i...
Sung-Eun Choi, E. Christopher Lewis