ALICE as a tool for programming at schools ()
Abstract
We present some possible application of ALICE in the context of a possible attraction of pupils (especially girls) in early programming course. Our examples presented in the paper are fully explained on the base of [1].
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Graczyńska, E. (2010) ALICE as a tool for programming at schools.
Natural Science,
2, 124-129. doi:
10.4236/ns.2010.22021.
Conflicts of Interest
The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
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[1]
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Cooper, S., Dann, W. and Pausch, R. (2009) Learning to program with ALICE, Pearson International Edition, Sec-ond Edition, Prentice Hall, London.
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[2]
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Cooper, S., Dann, W. and Pausch, R. (2003) Teaching Objects-First in Introductory Computer Science. http://www.alice.org/publications/pubs/TeachingObjects-firstInIntroductoryComputerScience.pdf.
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Kelleher, C. and Pausch, R. (2006) Lessons learned from designing a programming system to support middle school girls creating animated stories. IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing.
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[4]
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Vegso, J., CRA Taulbee Trends: Female Students & Fac-ulty, http://www.cra.org/info/taulbee/women.html.Three files: Party.mov and Plato.mov and Timer1.mov are available at: www.egracz.po.opole.pl.
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