Purdue University established the first academic department of computer sciences in 1962. The events, starting in 1959, leading to its establishment are chronicled, and then its f...
We present a series of programming exercises that use scaling as a theme for teaching design techniques in the introductory computer science course sequence. All exercises are on ...
Research on learning suggests the importance of helping students organize their knowledge around meaningful patterns of information. This paper reports on a multi-institutional st...
This paper argues that "formal methods" can (continue to) provide the thinking tools for the future of computing science. Every significant engineering or scientific disc...
This paper describes the implementation and evaluation of a program that uses active recruiting and peer-led team learning to try to increase the participation and success of wome...
Susan Horwitz, Susan H. Rodger, Maureen Biggers, D...