Volume 136 - Fifteenth Australasian Computing Education Conference

(ACE 2013), Adelaide, Australia, January 2013

This volume contains papers presented at the Fifteenth Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE 2013), Adelaide, Australia, January 2013. 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 Angela Carbone and Jacqueline Whalley. Published January 2013. ISBN-13 978-1-921770-21-0. ISSN 1445-1336. 17 papers xiv+166 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 45.9% (17 from 37).

Volume Citation

Angela Carbone and Jacqueline Whalley Eds. (2013). Proceedings of the Fifteenth Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE 2013). CRPIT. 136. Adelaide, Australia, ACS.

Papers Included in the Volume

Cain, A., Woodward, C.J. (2013). Examining Student Reflections from a Constructively Aligned Introductory Programming Unit. In Proc. Fifteenth Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE 2013), Adelaide, Australia. CRPIT, 136. Angela Carbone and Jacqueline Whalley Eds., ACS. 127-136.
Carbone, A., Ceddia, J., Simon, D'Souza, D. and Mason, R. (2013). Student Concerns in Introductory Programming Courses. In Proc. Fifteenth Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE 2013), Adelaide, Australia. CRPIT, 136. Angela Carbone and Jacqueline Whalley Eds., ACS. 41-50.
Caspersen, M.E. and Nowack, P. (2013). Computational Thinking and Practice - a Generic Approach to Computing in Danish High Schools. In Proc. Fifteenth Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE 2013), Adelaide, Australia. CRPIT, 136. Angela Carbone and Jacqueline Whalley Eds., ACS. 137-143.
Fidge, C., Hogan, J. and Lister, R. (2013). What vs. How: Comparing Students' Testing and Coding Skills. In Proc. Fifteenth Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE 2013), Adelaide, Australia. CRPIT, 136. Angela Carbone and Jacqueline Whalley Eds., ACS. 97-106.
Gluga, R., Kay, J., Lister, R., Simon, Charleston, M., Harland, J. and Teague, D. (2013). A conceptual model for reflecting on expected learning vs. demonstrated student performance. In Proc. Fifteenth Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE 2013), Adelaide, Australia. CRPIT, 136. Angela Carbone and Jacqueline Whalley Eds., ACS. 77-86.
Haig, T., Falker, K. and Falkner, N. (2013). Visualisation of Learning Management System Usage for Detecting Student Behaviour Patterns. In Proc. Fifteenth Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE 2013), Adelaide, Australia. CRPIT, 136. Angela Carbone and Jacqueline Whalley Eds., ACS. 107-115.
Harland, J., D'Souza, D. and Hamilton, M. (2013). A Comparative Analysis of Results on Programming Exams. In Proc. Fifteenth Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE 2013), Adelaide, Australia. CRPIT, 136. Angela Carbone and Jacqueline Whalley Eds., ACS. 117-126.
Herbert, N., de Salas, K., Lewis, I., Cameron-Jones, M., Chinthammit, W., Dermoudy, J., Ellis, L. and Springer, M. (2013). Identifying career outcomes as the first step in ICT curricula development. In Proc. Fifteenth Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE 2013), Adelaide, Australia. CRPIT, 136. Angela Carbone and Jacqueline Whalley Eds., ACS. 31-40.
Herbert, N., Dermoudy, J., Ellis, L., Cameron-Jones, M., Chinthammit, W., de Salas, K. and Springer, M. (2013). Stakeholder-Led Curriculum Redesign. In Proc. Fifteenth Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE 2013), Adelaide, Australia. CRPIT, 136. Angela Carbone and Jacqueline Whalley Eds., ACS. 51-58.
Hu, M., Winikoff, M. and Cranefield, S. (2013). A Process for Novice Programming Using Goals and Plans. In Proc. Fifteenth Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE 2013), Adelaide, Australia. CRPIT, 136. Angela Carbone and Jacqueline Whalley Eds., ACS. 3-12.
Kasto, N. and Whalley, J. (2013). Measuring the difficulty of code comprehension tasks using software metrics. In Proc. Fifteenth Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE 2013), Adelaide, Australia. CRPIT, 136. Angela Carbone and Jacqueline Whalley Eds., ACS. 59-65.
Mason, R. and Cooper, G. (2013). Distractions in Programming Environments. In Proc. Fifteenth Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE 2013), Adelaide, Australia. CRPIT, 136. Angela Carbone and Jacqueline Whalley Eds., ACS. 23-30.
Nguyen, T.T.L., Carbone, A., Sheard, J. and Schuhmacher, M. (2013). Integrating Source Code Plagiarism into a Virtual Learning Environment: Benefits for Students and Staff. In Proc. Fifteenth Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE 2013), Adelaide, Australia. CRPIT, 136. Angela Carbone and Jacqueline Whalley Eds., ACS. 156-164.
Sheard, J., Simon, Carbone, A., Chinn, D., Clear, T., Corney, M., D'Souza, D., Fenwick, J., Harland, J., Laakso, M.J. and Teague, D. (2013). How difficult are exams? A framework for assessing the complexity of introductory programming exams. In Proc. Fifteenth Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE 2013), Adelaide, Australia. CRPIT, 136. Angela Carbone and Jacqueline Whalley Eds., ACS. 145-154.
Teague, D., Corney, M., Ahadi, A. and Lister, R. (2013). A Qualitative Think Aloud Study of the Early Neo-Piagetian Stages of Reasoning in Novice Programmers. In Proc. Fifteenth Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE 2013), Adelaide, Australia. CRPIT, 136. Angela Carbone and Jacqueline Whalley Eds., ACS. 87-95.
Whalley, J. and Kasto, N. (2013). Revisiting models of human conceptualisaton in the context of a programming examination. In Proc. Fifteenth Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE 2013), Adelaide, Australia. CRPIT, 136. Angela Carbone and Jacqueline Whalley Eds., ACS. 67-76.
Wood, K., Parsons, D., Gasson, J. and Haden, P. (2013). It's Never Too Early: Pair Programming in CS1. In Proc. Fifteenth Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE 2013), Adelaide, Australia. CRPIT, 136. Angela Carbone and Jacqueline Whalley Eds., ACS. 13-21.

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