A road map for teaching introductory programming using LEGO© Mindstorms robots

Proceedings of the Conference on Integrating Technology into Computer Science Education, ITiCSE

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 191-201

  Lawhead, Pamela B ^a   Duncan, Michaele E ^b   Bland, Constance G ^c   Goldweber, Michael ^d   Schep, Madeleine ^e   Barnes, David J ^f   Hollingsworth, Ralph G ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Mathematics and Sciences   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^g MUSKINGUM COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

2nd Tier students; Computer controlled models; Computing and interaction; CS1; CS2; Java; Object oriented; Robotics

Indexed keywords

2ND TIER STUDENTS; CONTROLLED MODEL; CS1; CS2; JAVA OBJECTS;

BUILDING MATERIALS; COMPUTER CONTROL SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SCIENCE; CURRICULA; EDUCATION COMPUTING; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; INNOVATION; JAVA PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS; ROBOT PROGRAMMING; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING;

EID: 22244447088     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/960568.783002     Document Type: Conference Paper

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