JKarelRobot: a case study in supporting levels of cognitive development in the computer science curriculum

Authors:
Duane Buck;David J. Stucki
Affiliations:
Otterbein College, Mathematical Sciences Department, Westerville, OH;Otterbein College, Mathematical Sciences Department, Westerville, OH
Venue:
Proceedings of the thirty-second SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer Science Education
Year:
2001

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Abstract

We introduce a new software tool, JKarelRobot, for supporting an Inside/Out pedagogy in introductory programming courses. Extending the original conception of "Karel the Robot", with Bloom's Taxonomy of Educational Objectives as a guiding principle, we have provided a mechanism for designing exercises that are cognitively appropriate to the developmental levels of our students. JKarelRobot is platform independent (written in Java) and language/paradigm independent, supporting Pascal, Java, and Lisp style environments.