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FLAIRS
2007
13 years 7 months ago
Robotran: A Programming Environment for Novices Using LEGO Mindstorms Robots
The LEGO Mindstorms robots provide an excellent introductory platform for students to learn computer programming. However, a major drawback is students’ lack of access to robots...
R. Mark Meyer, Debra T. Burhans
SIGCSE
2002
ACM
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13 years 4 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 ...
FECS
2008
185views Education» more  FECS 2008»
13 years 6 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...
ITICSE
2004
ACM
13 years 10 months ago
Self-efficacy and mental models in learning to program
Learning to program is a unique experience for each student, and it is not fully understood why one person in an introductory programming course learns to program better and more ...
Vennila Ramalingam, Deborah LaBelle, Susan Wiedenb...
ACMSE
2004
ACM
13 years 10 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