teaching programming concepts
Use Concurrent Programming Models to Motivate Teaching of Programming Languages
White Paper This situation presents a great opportunity: by exploring nonstandard techniques for gaining intellectual control over concurrent programs, one can motivate and teach important semantic concepts (such as scoping) and... [09 Jan 2009]
Visualizable Pseudo Programming Language
White Paper The idea of using pseudo language is to keep the syntax of the code as simple as possible so the students can focus on learning the programming concepts, instead of some irrelevant syntactical features. [09 Jan 2009]
Programming Languages: Application and Interpretation
White Paper The interpreter method writes programs to learn concepts, and has its heart the fundamental belief that by teaching the computer to execute a concept more thoroughly. This paper is the fruit of a vision... [01 Jan 2009]
On Teaching Programming Languages Using a Wiki
White Paper A wiki is also a natural medium for a repository for essential programming language concepts and material for teaching such concepts. This paper reports on an ongoing... [01 Jan 2009]
Teaching Object-Oriented Concepts Through GUI Programming
White Paper Complex syntaxes obscure concepts and make it difficult for learners to get a real "Feel" for OO architecture. It is difficult to teach Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) from a language perspective, even... [11 Dec 2008]
Teaching Object-Oriented Concepts Using Java and UML
White Paper Java and UML were used for the first time to teach object oriented design and programming. A final question is posed as where to strike a balance between simplicity for teaching purposes and... [03 Dec 2008]
Work in Progress - Development of a 3-Tier Architecture C++ STL ITS
White Paper It is discovered that students find the C++ STL difficult due to their weaknesses in understanding various object-oriented concepts. Most of the current Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITSs) for... [03 Dec 2008]
Skills Survey 2007: Industry falling out of love with IT grads
News He tells silicon.com: "At uni you're taught the concepts that you need to pick up a new language so I actually found that, although on a day-to-day basis I wasn't applying exactly the same skills I applied at university... [01 Oct 2007]
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