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PEPM
2012
ACM
14 years 1 months ago
Scala-virtualized
This paper describes Scala-Virtualized, which extends the Scala language and compiler with a small number of features that enable combining the benefits of shallow and deep embed...
Adriaan Moors, Tiark Rompf, Philipp Haller, Martin...
ITICSE
2004
ACM
15 years 11 months ago
Effective peer assessment for learning computer programming
Peer assessment is a technique that has been successfully employed in a variety of academic disciplines, and which is considered to be effective in developing student’s higher c...
Jirarat Sitthiworachart, Mike Joy
ACSE
2000
ACM
15 years 10 months ago
Here, there and everywhere - on the recurring use of turtle graphics in CS1
The Logo programming language implements a virtual drawing machine—the turtle machine. The turtle machine is well-known for giving students an intuitive understanding of fundame...
Michael E. Caspersen, Henrik Bærbak Christen...
CSEE
2006
Springer
15 years 8 months ago
On the Influence of Test-Driven Development on Software Design
Test-driven development (TDD) is an agile software development strategy that addresses both design and testing. This paper describes a controlled experiment that examines the effe...
David Janzen, Hossein Saiedian
SIGCSE
2009
ACM
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16 years 6 months ago
Dereferee: exploring pointer mismanagement in student code
Dynamic memory management and the use of pointers are critical topics in teaching the C++ language. They are also some of the most difficult for students to grasp properly. The re...
Anthony Allevato, Manuel A. Pérez-Qui&ntild...