• DocumentCode
    3484226
  • Title

    Work in progress - a meta-study of software tools for introductory programming

  • Author

    Gross, Paul ; Powers, Kris

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Comput. Sci., Tufts Univ., Medford, MA
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    19-22 Oct. 2005
  • Lastpage
    12
  • Abstract
    This work is a meta-study of software tools recently developed for the introductory programming sequence. Tools are classified according to their type, the pedagogical paradigm supported, intended usage, and follow-up language; any reported assessment of their effectiveness is also analyzed and evaluated. Our intention is that this work will serve to aid educators seeking to improve their instruction in introductory programming through the use of instructional software tools
  • Keywords
    computer aided instruction; computer science education; educational aids; software tools; educators; instructional software tools; introductory programming; meta-study; pedagogical paradigm; Animation; Computer graphics; Computer science; Education; Educational robots; Flowcharts; Programming environments; Programming profession; Robot programming; Software tools; assessment evaluation; introductory computing; novice programming; programming environment; programming tool;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Frontiers in Education, 2005. FIE '05. Proceedings 35th Annual Conference
  • Conference_Location
    Indianopolis, IN
  • ISSN
    0190-5848
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-9077-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/FIE.2005.1612177
  • Filename
    1612177