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Undergraduate computer science students benefit from nonprogramming laboratory assignments which have them explore and experiment with algorithms and abstractions in a concrete learning environment. FLAIR, a repository of learning materials which supports the laboratory component of the introductory undergraduate AI course affords interesting nonprogramming assignments of this kind. In the following discussion the FLAIR system is described and three laboratory assignments which have been used with FLAIR, are presented.
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Wilson, J.D., Ingargiola, G., Aiken, R.M., Hoskin, N. (1995). Nonprogramming laboratory assignments for the introductory AI course using the FLAIR system. In: Tinsley, J.D., van Weert, T.J. (eds) World Conference on Computers in Education VI. WCCE 1995. IFIP — The International Federation for Information Processing. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-34844-5_37
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