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Teaching Object-Oriented Programming in Secondary Schools Using Swarm Robotics

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Teaching Object-Oriented Programming in Secondary Schools Using Swarm Robotics. / Stovold, James; Powell, Stewart.
Edurobotics 2018: Educational Robotics in the Context of the Maker Movement. Springer, 2019. p. 201-204.

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Stovold, J & Powell, S 2019, Teaching Object-Oriented Programming in Secondary Schools Using Swarm Robotics. in Edurobotics 2018: Educational Robotics in the Context of the Maker Movement. Springer, pp. 201-204. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-18141-3_17

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Stovold, J., & Powell, S. (2019). Teaching Object-Oriented Programming in Secondary Schools Using Swarm Robotics. In Edurobotics 2018: Educational Robotics in the Context of the Maker Movement (pp. 201-204). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-18141-3_17

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Stovold J, Powell S. Teaching Object-Oriented Programming in Secondary Schools Using Swarm Robotics. In Edurobotics 2018: Educational Robotics in the Context of the Maker Movement. Springer. 2019. p. 201-204 doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-18141-3_17

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Stovold, James ; Powell, Stewart. / Teaching Object-Oriented Programming in Secondary Schools Using Swarm Robotics. Edurobotics 2018: Educational Robotics in the Context of the Maker Movement. Springer, 2019. pp. 201-204

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