Sociocultural theories of learning such as Wenger and Lave's situated learning have been
suggested as alternatives to cognitive theories of learning like constructivism. This article …

Traditionally, loops are a central topic in a CS1 course but recursion is viewed as an
advanced topic that is either taught near the end of the course or not taught at all. Taking a …

One of the main problems in software engineering is the inherent complexity. Complexity
metric is used to estimate various parameters such as software development cost, amount of …

Im didaktischen Forschungsprojekt OMI (objektorientiertes Modellieren im
Informatikunterricht) am Fachbereich Mathematik/Informatik der Universität-GH Paderborn …

We display a novel perspective of novice OOP difficulties. In a thorough study of 120
undergraduates, in their first OOP course, we noticed a variety of misconceptions and …

Experience in industry suggests that reuse does not happen without retraining. However,
since reuse is meant to simplify programming, this paper argues the case for re-ordering a …

This thesis presents the main results of a three year research period. The work has been
funded by Center for Industrial Production, Department of Production, Aalborg University …

Carbon Dioxide Emission Trade Impact on Power Generation Portfolio: Agent-based Modelling
to Elucidate Influences of Emission Tr Page 1 See discussions, stats, and author profiles for this …

VRML Primer and Tutorial Page 1 VRML Primer and Tutorial Daniel K. Schneider1 and
Sylvere Martin-Michiellot2 TECFA3, Faculte de Psychologie et des sciences de l'education …

This paper discusses the motivation for a simple package designed to incorporate user
interactivity into a first course in computer science. The package enables novice …