{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2095067401","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/1189136.1189166","title":"Using a machine language simulator to teach CS1 concepts","display_name":"Using a machine language simulator to teach CS1 concepts","publication_year":2006,"publication_date":"2006-06-26","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2095067401","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/1189136.1189166","mag":"2095067401"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1145/1189136.1189166","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/1189136.1189166","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4210170956","display_name":"ACM SIGCSE Bulletin","issn_l":"0097-8418","issn":["0097-8418","2331-3927"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319798","host_organization_name":"Association for Computing Machinery","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319798"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Association for Computing Machinery"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"ACM SIGCSE Bulletin","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5036276429","display_name":"Jeffrey A. Stone","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8417-0431"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I130769515","display_name":"Pennsylvania State University","ror":"https://ror.org/04p491231","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I130769515"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I2801429238","display_name":"Federal Correctional Institution Schuylkill","ror":"https://ror.org/039qtv212","country_code":"US","type":"other","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I2801429238"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Jeffrey A. Stone","raw_affiliation_strings":["Pennsylvania State University, Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Pennsylvania State University, Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I2801429238","https://openalex.org/I130769515"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":1,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5036276429"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I130769515","https://openalex.org/I2801429238"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":0.0,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":5,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.19249322,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":90,"max":94},"biblio":{"volume":"38","issue":"4","first_page":"43","last_page":"45"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10533","display_name":"Teaching and Learning Programming","score":0.9897000193595886,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1706","display_name":"Computer Science Applications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10533","display_name":"Teaching and Learning Programming","score":0.9897000193595886,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1706","display_name":"Computer Science Applications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10430","display_name":"Software Engineering Techniques and Practices","score":0.9857000112533569,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10260","display_name":"Software Engineering Research","score":0.9761000275611877,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.7923480272293091},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/architecture","display_name":"Architecture","score":0.5539671778678894},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-architecture-simulator","display_name":"Computer architecture simulator","score":0.5507704019546509},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/selection","display_name":"Selection (genetic algorithm)","score":0.5242785811424255},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/simple","display_name":"Simple (philosophy)","score":0.520772397518158},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/test","display_name":"Test (biology)","score":0.44239771366119385},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/programming-language","display_name":"Programming language","score":0.42865610122680664},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software-engineering","display_name":"Software engineering","score":0.40790289640426636},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/simulation","display_name":"Simulation","score":0.29436612129211426},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/artificial-intelligence","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","score":0.28751593828201294}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.7923480272293091},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C123657996","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12271","display_name":"Architecture","level":2,"score":0.5539671778678894},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C201203610","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5157524","display_name":"Computer architecture simulator","level":2,"score":0.5507704019546509},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C81917197","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q628760","display_name":"Selection (genetic algorithm)","level":2,"score":0.5242785811424255},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780586882","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7520643","display_name":"Simple (philosophy)","level":2,"score":0.520772397518158},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777267654","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3519023","display_name":"Test (biology)","level":2,"score":0.44239771366119385},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199360897","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9143","display_name":"Programming language","level":1,"score":0.42865610122680664},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C115903868","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q80993","display_name":"Software engineering","level":1,"score":0.40790289640426636},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C44154836","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q45045","display_name":"Simulation","level":1,"score":0.29436612129211426},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.28751593828201294},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138885662","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5891","display_name":"Philosophy","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C142362112","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q735","display_name":"Art","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C153349607","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36649","display_name":"Visual arts","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111472728","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9471","display_name":"Epistemology","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C86803240","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q420","display_name":"Biology","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C151730666","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7205","display_name":"Paleontology","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1145/1189136.1189166","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/1189136.1189166","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4210170956","display_name":"ACM SIGCSE Bulletin","issn_l":"0097-8418","issn":["0097-8418","2331-3927"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319798","host_organization_name":"Association for Computing Machinery","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319798"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Association for Computing Machinery"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"ACM SIGCSE Bulletin","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"score":0.5799999833106995,"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/4","display_name":"Quality Education"}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":4,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1525684355","https://openalex.org/W1972631056","https://openalex.org/W2078078182","https://openalex.org/W2124227983"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W1585007175","https://openalex.org/W2382521049","https://openalex.org/W2144385241","https://openalex.org/W4253593777","https://openalex.org/W2951497643","https://openalex.org/W3101625811","https://openalex.org/W2165950148","https://openalex.org/W4300101996","https://openalex.org/W2338854850","https://openalex.org/W2184239527"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"The":[0],"use":[1,42],"of":[2,27,43,56,65],"computer":[3,15],"architecture":[4,46],"simulators":[5,29],"has":[6,20],"become":[7],"common":[8],"practice":[9],"in":[10,30,72],"courses":[11],"designed":[12],"to":[13,23,51],"teach":[14,52],"organization.":[16],"However,":[17],"little":[18],"research":[19],"been":[21],"done":[22],"test":[24],"the":[25,41,53,63,82],"effectiveness":[26,71],"such":[28],"learning":[31],"introductory":[32],"programming":[33],"concepts.":[34],"In":[35],"this":[36],"paper":[37],"I":[38],"will":[39],"discuss":[40],"a":[44,66,73],"simple":[45],"and":[47,59],"machine":[48],"language":[49],"simulator":[50],"CS1":[54,76],"concepts":[55],"conditional":[57],"selection":[58],"iteration,":[60],"along":[61],"with":[62],"results":[64],"pilot":[67],"study":[68],"on":[69],"its":[70],"structural":[74],"programming-based":[75],"course.":[77],"Possible":[78],"other":[79],"uses":[80],"for":[81],"tool":[83],"are":[84],"also":[85],"considered.":[86]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2015,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2012,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-05-21T06:26:12.895304","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}