[Edu-sig] Executable pseudocode / executable flowcharts
Todd Whittaker
todd@thewhittakers.org
Fri, 15 Feb 2002 20:36:40 -0500 (EST)
Thanks for the links. I found a paper today that shows roughly what I'm
looking for, but I can't seem to actually find the software. For those
interested, here's the link:
http://fie.engrng.pitt.edu/fie98/papers/1107.pdf
It has screen shots of a package that lets students create a top down
design that is then fleshed out with each method as an executable
flowchart. It's called FLINT (for FLowchart INTerpreter). Their data
suggests that there is a higher level of comprehension when programming is
taught this way over a plain-old code way.
When it comes to Object Oriented Programming (i.e. once you're past the
methods-are-procedural-code roadblock), I've really liked the approach
BlueJ has taken. But, that's a Java thing...
http://www.bluej.org/
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Todd
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