Teaching Computer Science in a web-based environment

Programming is a major subject in Computer Science (CS) departments. However, students often face difficulties on the basic programming courses due to several factors that cause these difficulties. Maybe the most important reason is the lack of problem solving abilities that many students show. This...

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Published in2013 IEEE 11th International Symposium on Intelligent Systems and Informatics (SISY) pp. 415 - 418
Main Authors Cisar, Sanja Maravic, Pinter, Robert, Cisar, Petar, Radosav, Dragica
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.09.2013
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Education
Encoding
Problem-solving
Programming profession
Testing
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ISBN1479903035
9781479903030
ISSN1949-047X
DOI10.1109/SISY.2013.6662613

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Summary:Programming is a major subject in Computer Science (CS) departments. However, students often face difficulties on the basic programming courses due to several factors that cause these difficulties. Maybe the most important reason is the lack of problem solving abilities that many students show. This paper describes the web-based environment Pex4Fun from Microsoft Research for teaching computer science. Pex4Fun can be used to teach and learn computer programming at many levels, from high school all the way through graduate courses. Pex4Fun was experimentally used for learning Visual Basic with college students, the results of which are presented in this paper.
ISBN:1479903035
9781479903030
ISSN:1949-047X
DOI:10.1109/SISY.2013.6662613