Operation Java blitz

• DOI: 10.1145/2656450.2656486
• Publication Date: 2014-10-14T12:29:24Z
• Authors: Evelyn Brannock; Nannette Napier; Robert Lutz
• Keywords: 4. Education; 05 social sciences; 0503 education

An engaging context has been shown to improve student motivation and performance in programming courses. Therefore, we incorporated six hands-on, supplementary, voluntary workshops (called Operation Java Blitz, or OJB) on subjects that were not exhaustively included in the current programming curriculum in Spring 2014. The poster will discuss the sessions, the initial results from 34 students, and future plans.