Personalizing CS1 with robots

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

doi:10.1145/1508865.1509018

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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31 Scopus citations

Abstract

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
Title of host publication	SIGCSE'09 - Proceedings of the 40th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education
Pages	433-437
Number of pages	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/1508865.1509018
State	Published - 2009
Event	40th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, SIGCSE 2009 - Chattanooga, TN, United States Duration: Mar 4 2009 → Mar 7 2009

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Name	SIGCSE'09 - Proceedings of the 40th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education

Conference

Conference	40th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, SIGCSE 2009
Country/Territory	United States
City	Chattanooga, TN
Period	03/4/09 → 03/7/09

Keywords

CS1
Pedagogy
Robots

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Summet, J, Kumar, D, O'Hara, K, Walker, D, Ni, L, Blank, D & Balch, T 2009, Personalizing CS1 with robots. in SIGCSE'09 - Proceedings of the 40th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education. SIGCSE'09 - Proceedings of the 40th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, pp. 433-437, 40th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, SIGCSE 2009, Chattanooga, TN, United States, 03/4/09. https://doi.org/10.1145/1508865.1509018

Personalizing CS1 with robots. / Summet, Jay; Kumar, Deepak; O'Hara, Keith et al.
SIGCSE'09 - Proceedings of the 40th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education. 2009. p. 433-437 (SIGCSE'09 - Proceedings of the 40th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education).

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