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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin archive
Volume 39 , Issue 2 (June 2007) table of contents

DEPARTMENT: Reviewed papers table of contents

Pages: 54 - 56

Year of Publication: 2007

ISSN:0097-8418

Author

Carol Edmondson

University of Tasmania, Hobart TAS, Australia

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ACM New York, NY, USA

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ABSTRACT

Computer programming courses at university usually require students to undertake assignments which involve the submission of a working program by a particular date. Each semester, for a variety of reasons, some students fail these programming assignments. This paper uses humour to illuminate some of the unsuccessful approaches to programming assignments taken by some of the computing students whom the author has taught.

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Primary Classification:
K. Computing Milieux
K.3 COMPUTERS AND EDUCATION
K.3.2 Computer and Information Science Education
Subjects: Computer science education