Using personal robots in CS1: Experiences, outcomes, and attitudinal influences

ITiCSE'10 - Proceedings of the 2010 ACM SIGCSE Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 204-208

  Markham, Stefanie A ^a   King, K N ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CS1; Education; Motivation; Personal robots; Python

Indexed keywords

CONTEXT-BASED; CS1; INTRINSIC MOTIVATION; INTRODUCTORY COMPUTER SCIENCE; PERSONAL ROBOT; TEACHING STRATEGY;

COMPUTER SCIENCE; EDUCATION COMPUTING; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; HIGH LEVEL LANGUAGES; INNOVATION; MOTIVATION; ROBOTS; TEACHING;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 77955130800     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1822090.1822148     Document Type: Conference Paper

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