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Using simulation and collaboration in CS1 and CS2

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António José Mendes,

Anabela Gomes,

Micaela Esteves,

Maria José Marcelino,

Crescencio Bravo,

Miguel Angel RedondoAuthors Info & Claims

ACM SIGCSE Bulletin, Volume 37, Issue 3

Pages 193 - 197

https://doi.org/10.1145/1151954.1067499

Published: 27 June 2005 Publication History

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In this paper we describe the main approach used in our institutions' basic programming courses. The difficulties we experienced in these courses led us to develop tools that, in our view, help students. We created and use animation-based algorithm tools, program simulation tools and problem solving collaboration support tools. The integration of these tools, plus the addition of some other new approaches, gives us a powerful environment that provides a higher level of support to our students.

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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin Volume 37, Issue 3

September 2005

418 pages

ISSN:0097-8418

DOI:10.1145/1151954

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ITiCSE '05: Proceedings of the 10th annual SIGCSE conference on Innovation and technology in computer science education
June 2005
440 pages
ISBN:1595930248
DOI:10.1145/1067445
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