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ITICSE
2003
ACM
13 years 10 months ago
Using lab exams to ensure programming practice in an introductory programming course
The high variability of students’ backgrounds typically found in introductory programming courses creates additional difficulties to foster motivation and ensure the desired co...
João Paulo Barros, Luís Estevens, Ru...
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 ...
IIE
2007
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13 years 4 months ago
Novices' Progress in Introductory Programming Courses
This paper presents an approach for educators to evaluate student progress throughout a course, and not merely based on a final exam. We introduce progress reports and describe ho...
Linda Mannila
PPPJ
2003
ACM
13 years 10 months ago
Mass production of individual feedback
We describe a system to improve the quality of feedback provided to an Introductory Programming course. The system uses web technology to create a graphical tool that the tutors c...
David Heaney, Charlie Daly
ISESE
2003
IEEE
13 years 10 months ago
Building Pair Programming Knowledge through a Family of Experiments
Pair programming is a practice in which two programmers work collaboratively at one computer on the same design, algorithm, code, or test. Pair programming is becoming increasingl...
Laurie A. Williams, Charlie McDowell, Nachiappan N...