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ITICSE
2003
ACM
14 years 4 months ago
A media computation course for non-majors
Computing may well become considered an essential part of a liberal education, but introductory programming courses will not look like the way that they do today. Current CS1 cour...
Mark Guzdial
SIGCSE
2005
ACM
133views Education» more  SIGCSE 2005»
14 years 4 months ago
Designing, implementing, and analyzing a placement test for introductory CS courses
An introductory CS1 course presents problems for educators and students due to students’ diverse background in programming knowledge and exposure. Students who enroll in CS1 als...
Leen-Kiat Soh, Ashok Samal, Suzette Person, Gwen N...
SIGCSE
1999
ACM
128views Education» more  SIGCSE 1999»
14 years 3 months ago
Discovery learning in introductory operating system courses
Practical experiencesare necessaryto balance the theory discussed in textbooks and in class meetings. Effective practicalexperiencesmust have a clear purpose and must motivate stu...
Uta Ziegler
IIE
2007
81views more  IIE 2007»
13 years 10 months ago
Visualize and Open Up
Motivating students of the Nintendo generation for Computer Science can only be achieved by providing them with an exiting and fresh CS1 course. The article describes the experienc...
Michela Pedroni, Till G. Bay
SIGCSE
2006
ACM
146views Education» more  SIGCSE 2006»
14 years 4 months ago
Introductory game creation: no programming required
Many incoming college freshmen have accumulated a significant number of hours of experience playing computer games. Extending that experience to actual game creation activities ca...
A. T. Chamillard