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SIGCSE
2010
ACM
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14 years 2 months ago
Design and evaluation of a computer science and engineering course for middle school girls
A significant focus in the United States recently has been to increase engagement and interest in STEM curricula, particularly among girls and underrepresented minorities [3]. In ...
Gabriela Marcu, Samuel J. Kaufman, Jaihee Kate Lee...
JKM
2006
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13 years 7 months ago
Learning from the Mars Rover Mission: scientific discovery, learning and memory
Purpose Knowledge management for space exploration is part of a multi-generational effort. Each mission builds on knowledge from prior missions, and learning is the first step in ...
Charlotte Linde
SIGCSE
2009
ACM
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14 years 8 months ago
The impact of instructor initiative on student learning: a tutoring study
In the quest to find instructional approaches that benefit student learning, engagement, and retention, evidence suggests providing students with hands-on practice is a worthwhile...
Kristy Elizabeth Boyer, Robert Phillips, Michael D...
COLING
2000
13 years 9 months ago
Automatic Optimization of Dialogue Management
Designing the dialogue strategy of a spoken dialogue system involves many nontrivial choices. This paper presents a reinforcement learning approach for automatically optimizing di...
Diane J. Litman, Michael S. Kearns, Satinder P. Si...
IADIS
2004
13 years 9 months ago
Addressing the Effective Use of Learning Objects Through Teacher Education
This paper describes the development and evaluation of a curriculum designed to help teachers learn about and integrate digital library functionalities and learning objects into t...
Mimi Recker