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2007
IEEE
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Mobile games to foster the learning of history at archaeological sites
This paper presents a system designed to support young students learning history at an archaeological site, by exploiting mobile technology. The approach uses game-play, since it ...
Carmelo Ardito, Paolo Buono, Maria Francesca Costa...
VL
2007
IEEE
123views Visual Languages» more  VL 2007»
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Introductory Computing Construct Use in an End-User Programming Community
Previous studies of end-user programmers have indicated a reliance on related examples for learning. Accordingly, we analyzed the projects contained in an online community with re...
Brian Dorn, Allison Elliott Tew, Mark Guzdial
VL
2006
IEEE
153views Visual Languages» more  VL 2006»
16 years 1 months ago
Lessons Learned from Designing a Programming System to Support Middle School Girls Creating Animated Stories
Traditional approaches to teaching computer science are often unsuccessful in attracting girls into the discipline. Our hypothesis is that presenting computer programming as a mea...
Caitlin Kelleher, Randy Pausch
VL
2006
IEEE
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A Lightweight Model for End Users' Domain-Specific Data
Many end user programming tools lack adequate support for domain-specific data. We will design a lightweight representation for categories of data, called “topes,” and develop...
Christopher Scaffidi
VL
2003
IEEE
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16 years 11 days ago
Preserving non-programmers' motivation with error-prevention and debugging support tools
A significant challenge in teaching programming to disadvantaged populations is preserving learners’ motivation and confidence. Because programming requires such a diverse set o...
Andrew Jensen Ko