Paper Info
Title
μPython: non-majors programming from the very first lecture
Abstract
We wanted to give first-year non-major students experience programming very early, right from the first lecture. To support this endeavor, we built a web-based subset of Python, called ¼Python. It allowed immediate use by students, overcame a number of practical constraints, and gave a gradual introduction and transition into the full version of Python. Our data demonstrate that ¼Python has a miniscule impact on the server side, running easily on a desktop computer. A student survey shows an overwhelmingly positive response to programming in the first class; it also shows that a lot of students were using ¼Python to try examples from lecture, that they thought ¼Python was helpful for learning Python, and that they liked being able to write Python code within their browser.
Year
DOI
Venue
2012
10.1145/2325296.2325376
ITiCSE
Keywords
Field
DocType
positive response,practical constraint,immediate use,gradual introduction,first-year non-major student,miniscule impact,server side,desktop computer,non-majors programming,python code,full version,python,programming
Server-side,Programming language,Computer science,First class,Multimedia,Python (programming language)
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
1
0.48
4
Authors
1
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
John Aycock135133.03