Parson's programming puzzles: A fun and effective learning tool for first programming courses

Conferences in Research and Practice in Information Technology Series

Volumn 52, Issue , 2006, Pages 157-163

  Parsons, Dale ^a   Haden, Patricia ^a  

^a OTAGO POLYTECHNIC   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Interactive teaching tools; Teaching introductory programming

Indexed keywords

AUTHORING TOOL; EFFECTIVE LEARNING; INTERACTIVE TOOL; INTRODUCTORY PROGRAMMING; PROGRAMMING COURSE; PROGRAMMING ERRORS; PROGRAMMING PRINCIPLES; TEACHING TOOLS;

TEACHING;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84869061679     PISSN: 14451336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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