Dr Neil Brown
Senior Research Fellow
Research interests
- Computer science
Contact details
Biography
Neil works in computing education, researching and developing tools that help novices learn to program. He works on BlueJ, Greenfoot, Stride, Strype and Blackbox. Neil is interested both in how novices learn programming and how to design tools to help them learn more effectively. He is also interested in improving the quality of research, and acts as an Associate Editor at the Computer Science Education journal in charge of Registered Reports.
Research interests
- Programming education
- IDE and programming tool design
- Registered Reports and pre-registration
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Research
Software Systems
The group studies design, modelling and engineering of software systems.
Computing Education Research Centre (CERC)
The Computing Education Research Centre at King's College London carries out research, develops tools, conducts studies, creates pedagogy, and supervises PhD projects related to computer science education.
Events
Teaching Python Programming with Strype
A workshop for teachers to learn a novel way to teach python in schools
Research
Software Systems
The group studies design, modelling and engineering of software systems.
Computing Education Research Centre (CERC)
The Computing Education Research Centre at King's College London carries out research, develops tools, conducts studies, creates pedagogy, and supervises PhD projects related to computer science education.
Events
Teaching Python Programming with Strype
A workshop for teachers to learn a novel way to teach python in schools