Developing real-world programming assignments for CS1

Working Group Reports on ITiCSE on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education 2006

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 158-162

  Stevenson, Daniel E ^a   Wagner, Paul J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN EAU CLAIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

CS1; Programming assignments

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUALITY ASSURANCE; STUDENTS;

QUALITY PROGRAMMING ASSIGNMENT; REAL WORLD PROGRAMMING ASSIGNMENTS;

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING;

EID: 34548303957     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1140124.1140167     Document Type: Conference Paper

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