Integrating greenfoot into CS1 - A case study

Tamar Vilner, Ela Zur, Shay Tavor

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Abstract

In the Open University of Israel CS1 course, there are eight assignments contributing various percentages to the overall course assessment. The concepts of inheritance and polymorphism are covered in assignment 5. In the fall semester of 2009, assignment 5 was changed to demonstrate these topics using the Greenfoot environment. The change was accompanied by study to examine students' attitudes toward the Greenfoot environment and how they cope with it, both in terms of technical operation and from the point of view of learning.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationITiCSE'11 - Proceedings of the 16th Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science
Pages350
Number of pages1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2011
Event16th Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science, ITiCSE'11 - Darmstadt, Germany
Duration: 27 Jun 201129 Jun 2011

Publication series

NameITiCSE'11 - Proceedings of the 16th Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science

Conference

Conference16th Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science, ITiCSE'11
Country/TerritoryGermany
CityDarmstadt
Period27/06/1129/06/11

Keywords

  • cs1
  • games
  • inheritance and polymorphism
  • visualization

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