Using flowchart-based programming environments for simplifying programming and software engineering processes

IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference, EDUCON

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 1313-1322

  Xinogalos, Stelios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MACEDONIA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Educational technology; Object oriented programming; Programming; Programming environments

Indexed keywords

COLLABORATIVE ACTIVITIES; PAIR-PROGRAMMING; PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS; PROGRAM ANIMATION; PROGRAMMING ENVIRONMENT; PROGRAMMING STRUCTURES; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING PROCESS; TEACHING AND LEARNING;

ANIMATION; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; MOBILE DEVICES; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; TOOLS;

FLOWCHARTING;

EID: 84881012779     PISSN: 21659559     EISSN: 21659567     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EduCon.2013.6530276     Document Type: Conference Paper

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