Problets - The Home Page

Amruth N. Kumar

Problets are problem solving software assistants for learning, reinforcement and assessment of programming concepts. They are designed to help students learn programming concepts through small-scale problem-solving, and as a supplement to large-scale programming traditionally used in introductory programming courses. At this site, you can find out more about the capabilities of the problets, their pedagogy, and about using them in your courses.

About Problets:
- Topics: The topics for which problets are currently available, the programming languages for which they are available, the types of problems provided by each problet, and the learning objectives targeted by each problet.
- Capabilities: The capabilities of the problets.
- Uses: The ways in which instructors can use the problets in their courses.
Using Problets:
- How instructors can sign up to use the problets.
- What students will see when they use the problets
- The report provided to instructors upon request.
- Instructions for running problets
- Frequently Asked Questions
Presentations/Publications:
- Publications: The papers that have been published on problets.
- Student testimonials: Some of the positive testimonials written by students, usually when working alone with the problets.
Collaborations:
- Customizing problets
- Visualization in problets is being coordinated with the TALER lab at the University of Pittsburgh.
Personnel:
- Personnel: People (mostly students) who have worked on problets over the years.

Amruth Kumar, amruth@ramapo.edu

Partial support for this work was provided by the National Science Foundation under grants DUE-0088864, CNS-0426021, and DUE-0817187.