NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 3 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Kolling, Michael – ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 2010
Greenfoot is an educational integrated development environment aimed at learning and teaching programming. It is aimed at a target audience of students from about 14 years old upwards, and is also suitable for college- and university-level education. Greenfoot combines graphical, interactive output with programming in Java, a standard, text-based…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Science Education, Programming Languages
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Brusilovsky, Pete; Sosnovsky, Sergey; Yudelson, Michael V.; Lee, Danielle H.; Zadorozhny, Vladimir; Zhou, Xin – ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 2010
Rich, interactive eLearning tools receive a lot of attention nowadays from both practitioners and researchers. However, broader dissemination of these tools is hindered by the technical difficulties of their integration into existing platforms. This article explores the technical and conceptual problems of using several interactive educational…
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Courses, Classroom Research, Computer Science Education
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Urquiza-Fuentes, Jaime; Velazquez-Iturbide, J. Angel – ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 2009
This article reviews successful educational experiences in using program and algorithm visualizations (PAVs). First, we survey a total of 18 PAV systems that were subject to 33 evaluations. We found that half of the systems have only been tested for usability, and those were shallow inspections. The rest were evaluated with respect to their…
Descriptors: Mathematics, Evaluation Criteria, Use Studies, Computer Science Education