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Alice Frenzy: an interactive group activity

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James Caristi

Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN

Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN
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Stephen Cooper

St. Joseph's University, Philadelphia, PA

St. Joseph's University, Philadelphia, PA
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Judy Mullins

University of Missouri -- Kansas City, Kansas City, MO

University of Missouri -- Kansas City, Kansas City, MO
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SIGCSE '07: Proceedings of the 38th SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science educationMarch 2007Pages 394https://doi.org/10.1145/1227310.1227448

Published:07 March 2007Publication History

SIGCSE '07: Proceedings of the 38th SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education

Pages 394

ABSTRACT

Participants will be given 15 minutes of instruction on programming in Alice. Then, working in small groups, participants will attempt to develop a program in 30 minutes from one of several given starting scenarios.

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Alice Frenzy: an interactive group activity
1. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Computing education
      1. Computing education programs
        Computer science education
2. Software and its engineering
  1. Software notations and tools
    1. General programming languages
      1. Language types
        Object oriented languages

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SIGCSE '07: Proceedings of the 38th SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
March 2007
634 pages
ISBN:1595933611
DOI:10.1145/1227310
General Chairs:
Ingrid Russell
University of Hartford
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Susan Haller
SUNY Potsdam
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Program Chairs:
J. D. Dougherty
Haverford College
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Susan Rodger
Duke University
ACM SIGCSE Bulletin Volume 39, Issue 1
March 2007
581 pages
ISSN:0097-8418
DOI:10.1145/1227504
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