This paper starts out by outlining the results of a literature study used to create a list of
criteria to choose a first programming language for high schools. The researchers made …

The choice of a first programming language is critical for fostering problem solving skills and
remains a concern in programming instruction that should be taken into account during …

In this paper we look at what we can learn about teaching programming from the reflections
of teachers on their own learning. Using direct quotes from journals kept by teachers while …

Simulation of power systems is an important tool for designing, developing and assessment
of new grid architectures and controls within the smart grid concept for the last decades. This …

Sub-caliber projectiles have been widely used in modern warfare due to their ability to
enhance accuracy and ballistic performance. For such projectiles, however, an effective …

There are different approaches, called paradigms, to the way a programmer analyses,
designs and implements a computer program (Ragonis & Ben-Ari, 2005: 203). The …

In this paper, an Object-Based Support System (OBSS), which is designed to be deployed in
existing manufacturing firms with the objective to reorganise the job and process functions …

Teachers are educational staff who have the main duty to educate, teach, train, and guide
students to have readiness to face increasingly fierce global competition with other nations …

This study was undertaken in order to determine how difficult (or not) CS1 students perceive
learning to program in an object-oriented style to be, how well they actually learn object …

This thesis introduces the development of an integrated system for the design of layouts for
special purpose machines (SPMs). SPMs are capable of performing several machining …