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SIGCSE
2000
ACM
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13 years 12 months ago
Powers of 10: the case for changing the first course in computer graphics
The growing maturity of computer graphics technology now makes it possible to view the introductory graphics course in a general computer science curriculum in a new light. Instea...
Steve Cunningham
ITICSE
2006
ACM
14 years 1 months ago
Fast application development to demonstrate computer graphics concepts
Computer graphics concepts have a high visual component. For that reason, teaching this subject should be enriched with the use of small applications showing concepts like near an...
Pedro Pablo Gómez-Martín, Marco Anto...
SIGCSE
2006
ACM
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14 years 1 months ago
Why students with an apparent aptitude for computer science don't choose to major in computer science
The statistics show that the number of Computer Science majors is dropping across the United States. Possible reasons include a reduced number of jobs in the field, an incorrect p...
Lori Carter
SIGCSE
2008
ACM
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13 years 7 months ago
Computer science olympiad: exploring computer science through competition
Generating interest in specialized areas of Computer Science (CS) is one of the goals of the department of Computer and Information Science at Spelman College as with most departm...
Iretta B. C. Kearse, Charles Hardnett
VL
2000
IEEE
130views Visual Languages» more  VL 2000»
13 years 12 months ago
SALSA and ALVIS: A Language and System for Constructing and Presenting Low Fidelity Algorithm Visualizations
Computer science educators have traditionally used algorithm visualization (AV) software to create graphical representations of algorithms that are later used as visual aids in le...
Christopher D. Hundhausen, Sarah A. Douglas