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CSEE
2006
Springer
13 years 7 months ago
Viope as a Tool for Teaching Introductory Programming: An Empirical Investigation
In this paper we describe the use of a tool from Viope for teaching introductory programming. We have noticed in our previous courses that the students often have trouble connecti...
Jeffrey C. Carver, Lisa Henderson
ICSE
2008
IEEE-ACM
14 years 6 months ago
Best practices in extreme programming course design
Teaching (and therefore learning) eXtreme Programming (XP) in a university setting is difficult because of course time limitations and the soft nature of XP that requires first-ha...
Kai Stapel, Daniel Lübke, Eric Knauss
ACE
2004
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13 years 6 months ago
Personal Software Process in the Database Course
This paper describes the integration of the Personal Software Process (PSP) into an introductory database course in an MIS curriculum. PSP is a highly disciplined, process-based a...
William I. Bullers Jr.
ICSE
2003
IEEE-ACM
14 years 5 months ago
The Impact of Pair Programming on Student Performance, Perception and Persistence
This study examined the effectiveness of pair programming in four lecture sections of a large introductory programming course. We were particularly interested in assessing how the...
Charlie McDowell, Linda L. Werner, Heather E. Bull...
PROCEDIA
2010
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13 years 3 months ago
Introductory computational science using MATLAB and image processing
We describe a new course designed to introduce engineering students to computational thinking. One of the most significant challenges in teaching an introductory-level applied co...
D. Brian Larkins, William Harvey