José A. Maestro-Prieto
Abstract
This article describes the experience obtained from teaching computational logic in an introductory course for undergraduates. The proposed teaching approach helps students to reach a deeper level of understanding in first order logic representation, computational logic procedures and automated theorem proving. The article includes the description of SLI, a theorem prover with a graphical output, a feature appreciated by students.
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Index Terms
- SLI: a tool for easing the understanding of automated proof construction
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