Personalizing CS1 with robots

Jay Summet; Deepak Kumar; Keith O'hara; Daniel Walker; Lijun Ni; Doug Blank; Tucker Balch

doi:10.1145/1539024.1509018

Personalizing CS1 with robots

Jay Summet
, Deepak Kumar
, Keith O'hara
, Daniel Walker
, Lijun Ni
, Doug Blank
, Tucker Balch

Educational Theory & Practice

University at Albany

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We have developed a CS1 curriculum that uses a robotics context to teach introductory programming [1]. Core to our approach is that each student has their own personal robot. Our robot and software have been specifically developed to support the needs of a CS1 curriculum. We frame traditional problems (robot control) in terms that are personal, relevant, and fun. Initial trial classes have shown that our approach is successful and adaptable.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	433-437
Number of pages	5
Journal	SIGCSE Bulletin Inroads
Volume	41
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/1539024.1509018
State	Published - Apr 2 2009

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cs1
pedagogy
robots

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