A simulation tool to help learning of object oriented programming basics

Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE

Volumn 2, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Esteves, Micaela ^a   Mendes, António José ^b  

^a POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF LEIRIA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Active learning; Animation; Object Oriented Programming learning; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LEARNING; ALGORITHMIC DESIGN; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING LEARNING; PROGRAMMING STRUCTURES;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMATION; DATA STRUCTURES; ERROR ANALYSIS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; SIMULATION; STUDENTS; VISUALIZATION;

OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING;

EID: 21644442164     PISSN: 15394565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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