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SIGITE
2004
ACM
16 years 2 days ago
Experiences using tablet PCs in a programming laboratory
This experience report describes lessons learned using first generation tablet PCs to support active learning in an undergraduate computer science laboratory course. We learned th...
Stephen H. Edwards, N. Dwight Barnette
CORR
2004
Springer
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15 years 6 months ago
Non-computable Julia sets
While most polynomial Julia sets are computable, it has been recently shown [12] that there exist non-computable Julia sets. The proof was non-constructive, and indeed there were ...
Mark Braverman, Michael Yampolsky
SIGCSE
2009
ACM
155views Education» more  SIGCSE 2009»
16 years 7 months ago
Increasing engagement in automata theory with JFLAP
We describe the results from a two-year study with fourteen universities on presenting formal languages in a more visual, interactive and applied manner using JFLAP. In our result...
Susan H. Rodger, Eric Wiebe, Kyung Min Lee, Chris ...
SIGCSE
2006
ACM
134views Education» more  SIGCSE 2006»
16 years 18 days ago
jFAST: a java finite automata simulator
Visualization and interactivity are valuable active learning techniques that can improve mastery of difficult concepts. In this paper we describe jFAST, an easy-to-use graphical s...
Timothy M. White, Thomas P. Way
HAPTICS
2005
IEEE
16 years 7 days ago
The Snaptic Paddle: A Modular Haptic Device
The Haptic Paddle was developed previously as an inexpensive haptic device for educational use, and has been applied to course topics such as dynamic systems and introductory cont...
Christopher E. Wong, Allison M. Okamura