A CS1 maze lab, using joysticks and MIPPETs

Authors:
Don C. Stone;Seth Bergmann;Ganesh Baliga;A. Michael Berman;John Schmalzel
Affiliations:
Computer Science, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ;Computer Science, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ;Computer Science, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ;Computer Science, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ;Electrical Engineering, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ
Venue:
SIGCSE '99 The proceedings of the thirtieth SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
Year:
1999

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Abstract

We are designing a number of programming projects which utilize input/output devices, such as joysticks or a homebrewed board we call a MIPPET (Module for Input/Output Programming Projects Enhancing Teaching). These projects have been used or will be used in the closed labs of our CS1 course (taught in C++). The goal of these projects is to enhance student comprehension (by teaching objects with "real" objects) and student motivation (by providing "fun" projects). This paper focuses on an early project, where the student's program provides support for a human solving a maze.