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Through the looking glass: teaching CS0 with Alice

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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin, Volume 39, Issue 1

Pages 213 - 217

https://doi.org/10.1145/1227504.1227386

Published: 07 March 2007 Publication History

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This work analyzes the advantages and disadvantages of using the novice programming environment Alice in the CS0 classroom. We consider both general aspects as well as specifics drawn from the authors' experiences using Alice in the classroom over the course of the last academic year.

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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin Volume 39, Issue 1

March 2007

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ISSN:0097-8418

DOI:10.1145/1227504

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SIGCSE '07: Proceedings of the 38th SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
March 2007
634 pages
ISBN:1595933611
DOI:10.1145/1227310
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