Using RoboCup in University-Level Computer Science Education

ACM Journal on Educational Resources in Computing

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 4-

  Sklar, Elizabeth ^a   Parsons, Simon ^a   Stone, Peter ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Documentation; Educational robotics; Measurement; RoboCup

Indexed keywords

CLASS PROJECTS; EDUCATIONAL ROBOTICS; ROBOCUP; TEAM-BASED PROJECTS;

COMPUTER SCIENCE; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; ROBOTICS;

EDUCATION;

EID: 27944445343     PISSN: 15314278     EISSN: 15314278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/1071620.1071624     Document Type: Article

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