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Title:

Minimally invasive programming courses: learning OOP with(out) instruction

Document type:
Konferenzbeitrag
Author(s):
Hubwieser, P.; Berges, M.
Abstract:
In this paper, we describe a research project that investigates how far freshmen at the University (without any programming background) are able to learn object-oriented programming with as little (human) instruction as possible. We designed specific tasks for programming assignments and supporting worksheets that contained the only information input that the students received during the courses. We examined the program code the students produced in order to assess the quality of their products....     »
Keywords:
higher education; object-oriented programming; programming novices; Programming projects; self-conducted learning
Book / Congress title:
Proceedings of the 42nd ACM technical symposium on Computer science education
Congress (additional information):
1953195
Publisher:
ACM Press
Publisher address:
New York
Year:
2011
Pages:
87--92
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