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ITICSE
2000
ACM
14 years 4 hour 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
ITICSE
2000
ACM
14 years 4 hour ago
Making students read and review code
The Praktomat system allows students to read, review, and assess each other’s programs in order to improve quality and style. After a successful submission, the student can retr...
Andreas Zeller
ITICSE
2000
ACM
14 years 4 hour ago
The ANIMAL algorithm animation tool
In this paper, we present ANIMAL, a new tool for developing animations to be used in lectures. ANIMAL offers a small but powerful set of graphical operators. Animations are genera...
Guido Rößling, Markus Schüer, Bern...
ITICSE
2000
ACM
14 years 4 hour ago
Student well-being in a computing department
We describe a project exploring the relationships between factors in the learning environment, student well-being and learning outcomes, in the context of a Computing department. ...
J. R. Davy, K. Audin, M. Barkham, C. Joyner
ITICSE
2000
ACM
14 years 4 hour ago
The Internet-based lecture: converging teaching and technology
Network-based distributed education is a reality today. At George Mason University, we have been pursuing a capability beyond the widespread practice of supporting courses with we...
J. Mark Pullen
ITICSE
2000
ACM
14 years 5 hour ago
Distance tutorials in a systems design course
An experiment with distance technology in a secondyear Object-Oriented Systems Design course is described. Video and computer conferencing were used in tutorial sessions where a t...
Joakim von Wright
ACSE
2000
ACM
14 years 8 hour ago
Here, there and everywhere - on the recurring use of turtle graphics in CS1
The Logo programming language implements a virtual drawing machine—the turtle machine. The turtle machine is well-known for giving students an intuitive understanding of fundame...
Michael E. Caspersen, Henrik Bærbak Christen...
ACSE
2000
ACM
14 years 8 hour ago
A streamlined system for building online presentation archives using SMIL
The demand for and expectation of ubiquitous access to multimedia online learning resources are much higher amongst computer science students than other fields of study. Previous ...
Darren James, Jane Hunter
ACSE
2000
ACM
14 years 8 hour ago
Software testing in the computer science curriculum -- a holistic approach
Although testing accounts for 50% of the cost of software, it receives little treatment in most curricula. This paper presents some approaches to giving all students multiple, inc...
Edward L. Jones