Judith Gal-Ezer
Tamar Vilner
ABSTRACT
Having found that algorithm efficiency is difficult for students to grasp, we advocate a different didactic approach in the introductory CS course (CS1). By exposing students to a number of possible solutions to the same problems, students internalize the concept of a more efficient algorithm.
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- Teaching algorithm efficiency in a CS1 course SBTa different approach
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