Initial results of using an intelligent tutoring system with Alice

Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, ITiCSE

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 138-143

  Cooper, Stephen ^a   Nam, Yoon Jae ^a   Si, Luo ^b  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b Purdue University   (United States)

Author keywords

alice; intelligent tutoring system; tutorial

Indexed keywords

ALICE; INTELLIGENT TUTORING SYSTEM; INTRODUCTORY PROGRAMMING; TUTORIAL;

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; EDUCATION COMPUTING; ENGINEERING RESEARCH;

INNOVATION;

EID: 84864724339     PISSN: 1942647X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2325296.2325332     Document Type: Conference Paper

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