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Evaluating OO example programs for CS1

Authors:

Jürgen Börstler,

Henrik B. Christensen,

Jens Bennedsen,

Marie Nordström,

Lena Kallin Westin,

Jan Erik Moström,

Michael E. CaspersenAuthors Info & Claims

ITiCSE '08: Proceedings of the 13th annual conference on Innovation and technology in computer science education

Pages 47 - 52

https://doi.org/10.1145/1384271.1384286

Published: 30 June 2008 Publication History

Abstract

Example programs play an important role in learning to program. They work as templates, guidelines, and inspiration for learners when developing their own programs. It is therefore important to provide learners with high quality examples. In this paper, we discuss properties of example programs that might affect the teaching and learning of object-oriented programming. Furthermore, we present an evaluation instrument for example programs and report on initial experiences of its application to a selection of examples from popular introductory programming textbooks.

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ISBN:9781605580784

DOI:10.1145/1384271

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Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, USA
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