Learning computer programming: Implementing a fractal in a Turing Machine

Computers and Education

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 767-776

  Pereira, Hernane B de B ^a,b   Zebende, Gilney F ^a,b   Moret, Marcelo A ^a,b  

^a SENAI CIMATEC   (Brazil)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Applications in subject areas; Cooperative collaborative learning; Interdisciplinary projects; Programming and programming languages; Teaching learning strategies

Indexed keywords

APPLICATIONS IN SUBJECT AREAS; COOPERATIVE/COLLABORATIVE LEARNING; INTERDISCIPLINARY PROJECT; PROGRAMMING AND PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; TEACHING/LEARNING STRATEGY;

CELLULAR AUTOMATA; FRACTALS; LINGUISTICS; MACHINERY; PATTERN RECOGNITION SYSTEMS; PROBLEM ORIENTED LANGUAGES; TEACHING; TRANSLATION (LANGUAGES); TURING MACHINES;

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES;

EID: 77953323988     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2010.03.009     Document Type: Article

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