1. Engaging students in programming fundamentals using alice 2.0
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Michael P. Conlon and Paul Mullins
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Set (abstract data type) ,Computer science ,Pedagogy ,ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATION ,Mathematics education ,Alice (programming language) ,computer ,Curriculum ,Liberal studies ,computer.programming_language - Abstract
Many of the programming principles taught in any programming fundamentals course are essentially the same. We will describe some of the principles and techniques that students learn in a first programming course using Alice 2.0 that is shared by programs in IS, IT, CS and liberal studies, drawing from the IT Computing Curricula 2005. We will then describe a set of nifty assignments that result in projects that exercise these principles and techniques and may be used to emphasize one or more in depth topical issues.
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- 2008
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