The locker metaphor to teach dynamic memory

Authors:
Richardo Jiménez-Peris;Cristóbal Pareja-Flores;Marta Patiño-Martínez;J. Ángel Velázquez-Iturbide
Affiliations:
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Depto. de Lenguajes y Sistemas Informáticos, Facultad de Informática, Campus de Montegancedo s/n, 28660 Boadilla del Monte, Madrid, Spain;Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Depto. de Informática y Automática, Escuela Universitaria de Estadística, Avda. Puetta de Hierro s/n, 28040 Madrid, Spain;Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Depto. de Lenguajes y Sistemas Informáticos, Facultad de Informática, Campus de Montegancedo s/n, 28660 Boadilla del Monte, Madrid, Spain;Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Depto. de Lenguajes y Sistemas Informáticos, Facultad de Informática, Campus de Montegancedo s/n, 28660 Boadilla del Monte, Madrid, Spain
Venue:
SIGCSE '97 Proceedings of the twenty-eighth SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
Year:
1997

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Abstract

Some students experience difficulties when first introduced to dynamic memory. The goal of this paper is to present an analogy between dynamic memory programming and a real-world example that will help students in understanding the underlying concepts behind dynamic memory: a left-luggage room with lockers.