Work in progress - Using lego mindstorms and robolab as a mean to lowering dropout and failure rate in programming course

Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Mota, Martha Isela Garduno ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Freshmen course; Introduction to programming; Programming handicaps; Robolab

Indexed keywords

FAILURE ANALYSIS; HIGH LEVEL LANGUAGES; PROBLEM SOLVING; STRUCTURED PROGRAMMING; TEACHING;

ENGINEERING FRESHMAN; FRESHMEN COURSE; HIGH-LEVEL PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE; INTRODUCTION TO PROGRAMMING; INTRODUCTORY PROGRAMMING COURSE; PROBLEM SOLVING METHODS; PROGRAMMING HANDICAPS; ROBOLAB;

STUDENTS;

EID: 50049109202     PISSN: 15394565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/FIE.2007.4418124     Document Type: Conference Paper

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