SIGCSE
2010
ACM
13 years 11 months ago
2010
ACM
An analysis of data from 259 CS1 students is performed to compare the performance of students who were paired by demonstrated ability to that of students who were paired randomly ...
ACMIDC
2009
14 years 2 months ago
2009
This paper presents early work on the "Jots" system, integrated with the Scratch programming environment, which aims to help learners reflect on their learning processes...
ITICSE
2010
ACM
14 years 3 months ago
2010
ACM
We present a pilot for a student consultancy service offering students the opportunity to work with internal and external clients on real life projects to learn and enhance trans...
OOPSLA
2004
Springer
14 years 4 months ago
2004
Springer
We have designed a CS 1 course that integrates event-driven programming from the very start. In [2] we argued that event-driven programming is simple enough for CS 1 when introduc...
SIGITE
2004
ACM
14 years 4 months ago
2004
ACM
This paper introduces the concept of the “vendible line” partitioning jobs in a company into those that are likely to be lost to outsourcing (onshore or offshore) and those th...
SIGCSE
2004
ACM
14 years 4 months ago
2004
ACM
Ê Among the many ways to focus CS1/CS2 content, two have been published that emphasize concepts of component-based software engineering. Courses based on these two instances of a ...
ITICSE
2004
ACM
14 years 4 months ago
2004
ACM
In this paper, we present an assignment for a course on Design patterns at the masters level, where students have to adapt an existing program to meet additional requirements. We ...
DIGRA
2005
Springer
14 years 4 months ago
2005
Springer
In recent years, science education has been the focus of study and development of new gamebased learning environments. It has been argued that active and critical learning about r...
SIGCSE
2005
ACM
14 years 4 months ago
2005
ACM
In this paper, we discuss in-person or face-to-face grading: what it is, a rationale for its use, our use of it, and an experiment we conducted to evaluate its use. While no stati...
ITICSE
2005
ACM
14 years 4 months ago
2005
ACM
One of the largest barriers to learning programming is the precise and complex syntax required to write programs. This barrier is a key impediment to the integration of programmin...