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RETHINKING THE FIRST YEAR PROGRAMMING COURSE

Author(s) -

William David Lubitz

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

proceedings of the canadian engineering education association (ceea)

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 2371-5243

DOI - 10.24908/pceea.v0i0.3811

Subject(s) - microcontroller , enthusiasm , course (navigation) , computer science , mathematics education , inductive programming , software engineering , programming language , programming paradigm , engineering , embedded system , mathematics , psychology , social psychology , aerospace engineering

The use of microcontrollers in beginning programming classes has been found to increase student learning and enthusiasm. Microcontroller programming has been successfully used in advanced undergraduate courses as a way to reinforce previous learning and to practice design, and in beginning undergraduate courses to introduce basic programming concepts in an engaging and relevant manner. Based on observations in a third year undergraduate course that included both traditional and microcontroller programming, a case is made for using a user-friendly microcontroller, instead of a traditional full-featured language, to teach fundamental programming concepts to novice engineering students.

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