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ABSTRACT

The purpose of this paper is to describe the instructional software that is used on our campus to support closed laboratories in CS1. In addition to promoting the general benefits gained from closed labs, it has been highly successful at: encouraging collaborative learning; providing a consistent and user-friendly lab environment, providing instructors a software tool for creating new labs or editing existing labs; providing instructors a means for easily adapting lab materials to individual preferences; and permitting instructors to integrate multimedia features into laboratories.

REFERENCES

• 1: ACM/IEEE Joint Curriculum Task Force, "Computing Curricula 1991," IEEE Computer Society Press, 1991.
• 2: William A. Waller, A framework for CS1 and CS2 laboratories, ACM SIGCSE Bulletin, v.26 n.1, p.198-202, March 1994

INDEX TERMS

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

Additional Classification:
  H. Information Systems
  H.5 INFORMATION INTERFACES AND PRESENTATION (I.7)

  K. Computing Milieux
  K.3 COMPUTERS AND EDUCATION
      K.3.1 Computer Uses in Education
          Subjects: Computer-assisted instruction (CAI)

General Terms:
Human Factors, Languages