A dozen ideas for engaging CS1 students

Authors:
Adebayo Olowoyeye;Khadija Jirari Stewart;Gloria Childress Townsend
Affiliations:
DePauw University, Greencastle, IN;DePauw University, Greencastle, IN;DePauw University, Greencastle, IN
Venue:
Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges
Year:
2010

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Abstract

This paper presents twelve ideas to engage students enrolled in the introductory Computer Science course CS1. The paper's authors implemented these ideas and noticed an increase in CS2 enrollment in the following year.