Volume 95 - Computing Education 2009

Eleventh Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE 2009), Wellington, New Zealand, January 2009

Australian Computer Science Communications, Vol. 31, No. 5

This volume contains proceedings of the Eleventh Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE 2009), Wellington, New Zealand, January 2009. 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 Margaret Hamilton and Tony Clear. Published January 2009. ISBN-13 978-1-920682-76-7. ISSN 1445-1336. 17 Papers, xiv+190 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% (18 from 40).

Volume Citation

Hamilton, M. and Clear, T., Eds. (2009). Computing Education 2009. Proc Eleventh Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE 2009). CRPIT. 95. Wellington, New Zealand, ACS.

Papers Included in the Volume

Carbone, A., Hurst, J., Mitchell, I. and Gunstone, D. (2009). An Exploration of Internal Factors Influencing Student Learning of Programming. In Proc. Eleventh Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE 2009), Wellington, New Zealand. CRPIT, 95. Hamilton, M. and Clear, T., Eds., ACS. 25-34.
Craig, A. (2009). Intervention Programmes to Recruit Female Computing Students: Why Do Programme Champions Do It?. In Proc. Eleventh Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE 2009), Wellington, New Zealand. CRPIT, 95. Hamilton, M. and Clear, T., Eds., ACS. 35-44.
de Raadt, M., Watson, R. and Toleman, M. (2009). Teaching and Assessing Programming Strategies Explicitly. In Proc. Eleventh Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE 2009), Wellington, New Zealand. CRPIT, 95. Hamilton, M. and Clear, T., Eds., ACS. 55-64.
Denny, P., Luxton-Reilly, A. and Simon, B. (2009). Quality of Student Contributed Questions Using PeerWise. In Proc. Eleventh Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE 2009), Wellington, New Zealand. CRPIT, 95. Hamilton, M. and Clear, T., Eds., ACS. 45-53.
Falkner, K. and Munro, D.S. (2009). Easing the Transition: A Collaborative Learning Approach. In Proc. Eleventh Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE 2009), Wellington, New Zealand. CRPIT, 95. Hamilton, M. and Clear, T., Eds., ACS. 65-74.
Fidge, C. and Teague, D. (2009). Losing Their Marbles: Syntax-Free Programming for Assessing Problem-Solving Skills. In Proc. Eleventh Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE 2009), Wellington, New Zealand. CRPIT, 95. Hamilton, M. and Clear, T., Eds., ACS. 75-82.
Guzdial, M. (2009). Contextualized Computing Education of Programming. In Proc. Eleventh Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE 2009), Wellington, New Zealand. CRPIT, 95. Hamilton, M. and Clear, T., Eds., ACS. 3.
Hitchens, M. and Lister, R. (2009). A Focus Group Study of Student Attitudes to Lectures. In Proc. Eleventh Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE 2009), Wellington, New Zealand. CRPIT, 95. Hamilton, M. and Clear, T., Eds., ACS. 93-100.
Koppi, T., Sheard, J., Naghdy, F., Chicharo, J., Edwards, S.L., Brookes, W. and Wilson, D. (2009). What Our ICT Graduates Need from Us: A Perspective from the Workplace. In Proc. Eleventh Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE 2009), Wellington, New Zealand. CRPIT, 95. Hamilton, M. and Clear, T., Eds., ACS. 101-109.
Laxer, C., Daniel, M., Cajander, A. and Wollowski, M. (2009). Evolution of an International Collaborative Student Project. In Proc. Eleventh Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE 2009), Wellington, New Zealand. CRPIT, 95. Hamilton, M. and Clear, T., Eds., ACS. 111-118.
Lister, R. and Box, I. (2009). A Citation Analysis of the ICER 2005-07 Proceedings. In Proc. Eleventh Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE 2009), Wellington, New Zealand. CRPIT, 95. Hamilton, M. and Clear, T., Eds., ACS. 9-18.
Lonnberg, J., Berglund, A. and Malmi, L. (2009). How Students Develop Concurrent Programs. In Proc. Eleventh Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE 2009), Wellington, New Zealand. CRPIT, 95. Hamilton, M. and Clear, T., Eds., ACS. 129-138.
Phillipps, M. and Sterling, L. (2009). A Perspective on the International Olympiad in Informatics for CS educators. In Proc. Eleventh Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE 2009), Wellington, New Zealand. CRPIT, 95. Hamilton, M. and Clear, T., Eds., ACS. 7.
Rountree, J. and Rountree, N. (2009). Issues Regarding Threshold Concepts in Computer Science. In Proc. Eleventh Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE 2009), Wellington, New Zealand. CRPIT, 95. Hamilton, M. and Clear, T., Eds., ACS. 139-145.
Shuhidan, S., Hamilton, M. and D'Souza, D. (2009). A Taxonomic Study of Novice Programming Summative Assessment. In Proc. Eleventh Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE 2009), Wellington, New Zealand. CRPIT, 95. Hamilton, M. and Clear, T., Eds., ACS. 147-156.
Simon (2009). Ten Years of the Australasian Computing Education Conference. In Proc. Eleventh Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE 2009), Wellington, New Zealand. CRPIT, 95. Hamilton, M. and Clear, T., Eds., ACS. 157-163.
Simon, Lopez, M., Sutton, K. and Clear, T. (2009). Surely We Must Learn to Read before We Learn to Write!. In Proc. Eleventh Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE 2009), Wellington, New Zealand. CRPIT, 95. Hamilton, M. and Clear, T., Eds., ACS. 165-170.
Teague, D. (2009). A People-First Approach to Programming. In Proc. Eleventh Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE 2009), Wellington, New Zealand. CRPIT, 95. Hamilton, M. and Clear, T., Eds., ACS. 171-179.
Tempero, E. (2009). Experiences in Teaching Quality Attribute Scenarios. In Proc. Eleventh Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE 2009), Wellington, New Zealand. CRPIT, 95. Hamilton, M. and Clear, T., Eds., ACS. 181-188.
Whalley, J. and Lister, R. (2009). The BRACElet 2009.1 (Wellington) Specification. In Proc. Eleventh Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE 2009), Wellington, New Zealand. CRPIT, 95. Hamilton, M. and Clear, T., Eds., ACS. 9-18.

Papers listed: 20