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Increasing engagement in automata theory with JFLAP

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Rodger, SH; Wiebe, E; Lee, KM; Morgan, C; Omar, K; Su, J
Published in: SIGCSE'09 - Proceedings of the 40th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education
January 1, 2009

We describe the results from a two-year study with fourteen universities on presenting formal languages in a more visual, interactive and applied manner using JFLAP. In our results the majority of students felt that having access to JFLAP made learning course concepts easier, made them feel more engaged in the course and made the course more enjoyable. We also describe changes and additions to JFLAP we have made based on feedback from users. These changes include new algorithms such as a CYK parser and a user-controlled parser, and new resources that include a JFLAP online tutorial, a wiki and a listserv. © 2009 ACM.

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SIGCSE'09 - Proceedings of the 40th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education

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January 1, 2009

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Related Subject Headings

  • 3901 Curriculum and pedagogy
  • 1301 Education Systems
  • 0899 Other Information and Computing Sciences
 

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Rodger, S. H., Wiebe, E., Lee, K. M., Morgan, C., Omar, K., & Su, J. (2009). Increasing engagement in automata theory with JFLAP. SIGCSE’09 - Proceedings of the 40th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, 403–407. https://doi.org/10.1145/1508865.1509011
Rodger, S. H., E. Wiebe, K. M. Lee, C. Morgan, K. Omar, and J. Su. “Increasing engagement in automata theory with JFLAP.” SIGCSE’09 - Proceedings of the 40th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, January 1, 2009, 403–7. https://doi.org/10.1145/1508865.1509011.
Rodger SH, Wiebe E, Lee KM, Morgan C, Omar K, Su J. Increasing engagement in automata theory with JFLAP. SIGCSE’09 - Proceedings of the 40th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education. 2009 Jan 1;403–7.
Rodger, S. H., et al. “Increasing engagement in automata theory with JFLAP.” SIGCSE’09 - Proceedings of the 40th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, Jan. 2009, pp. 403–07. Scopus, doi:10.1145/1508865.1509011.
Rodger SH, Wiebe E, Lee KM, Morgan C, Omar K, Su J. Increasing engagement in automata theory with JFLAP. SIGCSE’09 - Proceedings of the 40th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education. 2009 Jan 1;403–407.

Published In

SIGCSE'09 - Proceedings of the 40th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education

DOI

Publication Date

January 1, 2009

Start / End Page

403 / 407

Related Subject Headings

  • 3901 Curriculum and pedagogy
  • 1301 Education Systems
  • 0899 Other Information and Computing Sciences