Volume 123 - Fourteenth Australasian Computing Education Conference

(ACE2012), Melbourne, Australia, January 2012

This volume contains papers presented at the Fourteenth Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE2012), Melbourne, Australia, January 2012. Where indicated, the paper is available for download in PDF or Postscript format.

The series is published by, and most papers are copyright of, the Australian Computer Society Inc. Reproduction for academic research and not-for-profit purposes is granted provided the copyright notice on the first page of each paper is included.

Edited by Michael de Raadt and Angela Carbone. Published January 2012. ISBN-13 978-1-921770-04-3. ISSN 1445-1336. 21 Papers, xvi+197 pages. BiBTeX file for Volume. Complete Volume.

Acceptance Rate Information. The full papers in this volume were peer refereed, in full, by an international programme committee. The acceptance rate was 48.8% (21 from 43).

Volume Citation

de Raadt, M. and Carbone, A. Eds. (2012). Proceedings of the Fourteenth Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE2012). CRPIT. 123. Melbourne, Australia, ACS.

Papers Included in the Volume

Koppi, T., Roberts, M. and Naghdy, G. (2012). Perceptions of a gender-inclusive curriculum amongst Australian Information and Communications Technology academics. In Proc. Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE2012), Melbourne, Australia. CRPIT, 123. Raadt, M.D. and Carbone, A. Eds., ACS. 7-14.
Roberts, M.R.H., McGill, T.J.and Hyland, P. N. (2012). Attrition from Australian ICT Degrees - Why Women Leave. In Proc. Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE2012), Melbourne, Australia. CRPIT, 123. Raadt, M.D. and Carbone, A. Eds., ACS. 15-24.
Pilgrim, C.J.and Koppi, T. (2012). Work Integrated Learning Rationale and Practices in Australian Information and Communications Technology Degrees . In Proc. Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE2012), Melbourne, Australia. CRPIT, 123. Raadt, M.D. and Carbone, A. Eds., ACS. 25-32.
Mason, R., Cooper, G. and de Raadt, M. (2012). Trends in Introductory Programming Courses in Australian Universities Languages, Environments and Pedgogy. In Proc. Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE2012), Melbourne, Australia. CRPIT, 123. Raadt, M.D. and Carbone, A. Eds., ACS. 33-42.
Hu, M., Winikoff, M. and Cranefield, S. (2012). Teaching Novice Programming Using Goals and Plans in a Visual Notation. In Proc. Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE2012), Melbourne, Australia. CRPIT, 123. Raadt, M.D. and Carbone, A. Eds., ACS. 43-52.
Lister, R., Corney, M., Curran, J., D'Souza, D., Fidge, C., Gluga, R., Hamilton, M., Harland, J., Hogan, J., Kay, J., Murphy, T., Roggenkamp, M., Sheard, J., Simon and Teague, D. (2012). Toward a Shared Understanding of Competency in Programming: An Invitation to the BABELnot Project. In Proc. Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE2012), Melbourne, Australia. CRPIT, 123. Raadt, M.D. and Carbone, A. Eds., ACS. 53-60.
Simon, Sheard, J., Carbone, A., Chinn, D., Laalso, M., Clear, T., Raadt, M.D., D'Souza, D., Lister, R., Philpott, A., Skene, J. and Warburton, G. (2012). Introductory programming: examining the exams. In Proc. Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE2012), Melbourne, Australia. CRPIT, 123. Raadt, M.D. and Carbone, A. Eds., ACS. 61-70.
Raadt, M.D. (2012). Student Created Cheat-Sheets in Examinations: Impact on Student Outcomes. In Proc. Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE2012), Melbourne, Australia. CRPIT, 123. Raadt, M.D. and Carbone, A. Eds., ACS. 71-76.
Corney, M., Teague, D., Ahadi, A. and Lister, R. (2012). Some Empirical Results for Neo-Piagetian Reasoning in Novice Programmers and the Relationship to Code Explanation Questions. In Proc. Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE2012), Melbourne, Australia. CRPIT, 123. Raadt, M.D. and Carbone, A. Eds., ACS. 77-86.
Teague, D., Corney, M, Ahadi, A. and Lister, R. (2012). Swapping as the `Hello World' of Relational Reasoning: Replications, Reflections and Extensions. In Proc. Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE2012), Melbourne, Australia. CRPIT, 123. Raadt, M.D. and Carbone, A. Eds., ACS. 87-94.
Daniels, M. and Pears, A. (2012). Models and Methods for Computing Education Research. In Proc. Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE2012), Melbourne, Australia. CRPIT, 123. Raadt, M.D. and Carbone, A. Eds., ACS. 95-102.
Thota, N., Berglund, A. and Clear, T. (2012). Illustration of Paradigm Pluralism in Computing Education Research. In Proc. Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE2012), Melbourne, Australia. CRPIT, 123. Raadt, M.D. and Carbone, A. Eds., ACS. 103-112.
Trabelsi, Z. (2012). Switch's CAM Table Poisoning Attack: Hands-on Lab Exercises for Network Security Education. In Proc. Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE2012), Melbourne, Australia. CRPIT, 123. Raadt, M.D. and Carbone, A. Eds., ACS. 113-120.
Alammary, A., Carbone, A. and Sheard, J. (2012). Implementation of a Smart Lab for Teachers of Novice Programmers. In Proc. Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE2012), Melbourne, Australia. CRPIT, 123. Raadt, M.D. and Carbone, A. Eds., ACS. 121-130.
Risco, S. and Reye, J. (2012). Evaluation of an Intelligent Tutoring System used for Teaching RAD in a Database Environment. In Proc. Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE2012), Melbourne, Australia. CRPIT, 123. Raadt, M.D. and Carbone, A. Eds., ACS. 131-140.
Fenwick, J. and Sutton, P. (2012). Using Quicksand to Improve Debugging Practice in Post-Novice Level Students. In Proc. Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE2012), Melbourne, Australia. CRPIT, 123. Raadt, M.D. and Carbone, A. Eds., ACS. 141-146.
Gluga, R., Kay, J., Lister, R., Kleitman, S. and Lever, T. (2012). Coming to terms with Bloom: an online tutorial for teachers of programming fundamentals. In Proc. Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE2012), Melbourne, Australia. CRPIT, 123. Raadt, M.D. and Carbone, A. Eds., ACS. 147-156.
Firmin, S., Sheard, J., Carbone, A. and Hurst, J. (2012). An exploration of factors influencing tertiary IT educators' pedagogies. In Proc. Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE2012), Melbourne, Australia. CRPIT, 123. Raadt, M.D. and Carbone, A. Eds., ACS. 157-166.
Carbone,A. and Ceddia, J. (2012). Common Areas for Improvement in ICT Units that have Critically Low Student Satisfaction. In Proc. Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE2012), Melbourne, Australia. CRPIT, 123. Raadt, M.D. and Carbone, A. Eds., ACS. 167-176.
Sheard, J. and Dick M. (2012). Directions and Dimensions in Managing Cheating and Plagiarism of IT Students. In Proc. Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE2012), Melbourne, Australia. CRPIT, 123. Raadt, M.D. and Carbone, A. Eds., ACS. 177-186.
Mason, R. and Cooper, G. (2012). Why the bottom 10% just can't do it - Mental Effort Measures and Implication for Introductory Programming Courses. In Proc. Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE2012), Melbourne, Australia. CRPIT, 123. Raadt, M.D. and Carbone, A. Eds., ACS. 187-196.
Koelling, M. (2012). The Future of Educational Programming Tools- What Will Come (Or At Least Should Come). In Proc. Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE2012), Melbourne, Australia. CRPIT, 123. Raadt, M.D. and Carbone, A. Eds., ACS. 3.

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