Inferring cognitive focus from students' programs

Programs written by students in an introductory Computer Science course were analyzed and patterns abstracted from them. These patterns include style of modularization, choice of constructs, choice of vocabulary, and style of communication through user-...

This paper discusses the application of constructivist pedagogical approaches to teaching computer programming in high school and undergraduate courses. It provides an overview of constructivist pedagogy and contrasts it with traditional objectivist ...

In this paper, we describe our experience in a first-year computer science course on problem solving that is aimed at non-majors. The majority of the target audience of this course is from management and social science faculties. The course is unique in ...