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Computability theory is highly abstract and very demanding particularly to those students who have defective prior knowledge in mathematics or feel attracted only by directly applied topics of studies. However, understanding the foundations of computability is essential to computer science. Partial recursive functions form some key approach. Webble implementations of the basic functions of primitive recursion together with webbles for the basic operations of substitution and primitive recursion finally completed by the minimum operator provide a memetic framework for highly interactive, playful studies of computability theory. Didactically driven refinements of the approach are discussed in detail.
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Arnold, O., Reichelt, V. (2013). Meme Media Technology in Higher Education: The Recursive Function Theory Case Study. In: Arnold, O., Spickermann, W., Spyratos, N., Tanaka, Y. (eds) Webble Technology. WWS 2013. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 372. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-38836-1_9
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