The first programming course
Joe Bergin, Raymond Lister, Barbara Boucher Owens, Myles F. McNally · ACM SIGCSE Bulletin · 2006
This panel will discuss ways to engage undergraduates in computing and then to keep them as majors. A special emphasis will be on attracting females to computing. The panelists will discuss the relative strengths and weaknesses of four environments especially designed for the teaching of the first programming course.