Developing Real-World Programming Assignments for CS1

摘要

Instructors have struggled to generate good programming assignments for the CS1 course. In attempting to deal with this issue ourselves, we have generated two real-world programming assignments that can be solved by most students yet generate challenges for advanced students. We present our overall criteria for a quality programming assignment in CS1, details of the two example assignments, and other issues stemming from the generation and management of these assignments.