Abstract
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Software Engineering Education Going Agile: 11th China-Europe International Symposium on Software Engineering Education (CEISEE 2015) |
| Place of Publication | Switzerland |
| Publisher | Springer International Publishing |
| Pages | 73-80 |
| Number of pages | 123 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9783319291666 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9783319291659 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 26 May 2016 |
Publication series
| Name | Progress in IS |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Springer International Publishing |
| ISSN (Print) | 2196-8705 |
| ISSN (Electronic) | 2196-8713 |
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Keywords
- Active learning
- Problems-first
- Problem solving
- Robots
- Simulation
- Computational thinking
- Visual programming
- Problem-based learning
- Project-based learning
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Review of a problems-first approach to first year undergraduate programming. / Hill, Gary; Wu, Bing (Editor); Kassel, Stephan (Editor).
Software Engineering Education Going Agile: 11th China-Europe International Symposium on Software Engineering Education (CEISEE 2015). Switzerland : Springer International Publishing, 2016. p. 73-80 (Progress in IS).Research output: Contribution to Book/Report types › Chapter › Research › peer-review
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PY - 2016/5/26
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N2 - This paper, predominantly discusses the teaching of programming and problem solving to undergraduate first year computing students, using robots/robot simulators and visual programming to emulate the robot tasks. The needs to focus initial programming education on problem solving, prior to the teaching of programming syntax and software design methodology is also considered. The main vehicle for this approach is a robot/robot simulation programmed in Java, followed by the programming of a visual representation/simulation to develop programming skills.
AB - This paper, predominantly discusses the teaching of programming and problem solving to undergraduate first year computing students, using robots/robot simulators and visual programming to emulate the robot tasks. The needs to focus initial programming education on problem solving, prior to the teaching of programming syntax and software design methodology is also considered. The main vehicle for this approach is a robot/robot simulation programmed in Java, followed by the programming of a visual representation/simulation to develop programming skills.
KW - Active learning
KW - Problems-first
KW - Problem solving
KW - Robots
KW - Simulation
KW - Computational thinking
KW - Visual programming
KW - Problem-based learning
KW - Project-based learning
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DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-29166-6_11
M3 - Chapter
SN - 9783319291659
T3 - Progress in IS
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EP - 80
BT - Software Engineering Education Going Agile: 11th China-Europe International Symposium on Software Engineering Education (CEISEE 2015)
PB - Springer International Publishing
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