Smith, Sally and Cumming, Andrew (2007) Progzoo: a gentle introduction to programming. In: 7th One-Day Conference on the Teaching of Programming , 2 April 2007, University of Kent Canterbury.
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A fully integrated web-based learning resource has been introduced to support the teaching and learning of Java programming. Students are introduced to features of the language through a series of short questions with supporting hints and tips. This approach has increased pass rates and has increased overall interest in programming.
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | learning resource: web-based; Java programming; education; |
| University Divisions/Research Centres: | Faculty of Engineering, Computing and Creative Industries > School of Computing |
| Dewey Decimal Subjects: | 000 Computer science, information & general works > 000 Computer science, knowledge & systems > 005 Computer programming, programs & data > 005.4 Systems programming and programs 000 Computer science, information & general works > 000 Computer science, knowledge & systems > 005 Computer programming, programs & data 300 Social sciences > 370 Education > 378 Higher education |
| Library of Congress Subjects: | Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science |
| Item ID: | 3466 |
| Depositing User: | Computing Research |
| Date Deposited: | 08 Feb 2010 16:58 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Sep 2011 14:03 |
| URI: | http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/3466 |
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