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ACMSE
2005
ACM
14 years 29 days ago
Towards a "humans-first" computer science curriculum
Traditionally, computer science education has considered “objects-first” or “imperative-first” approaches, with the focus of the course on teaching design of programs star...
D. Scott McCrickard, Charles J. Fowler, Christa M....
SIGCSE
2005
ACM
98views Education» more  SIGCSE 2005»
14 years 29 days ago
A multi-institutional investigation of computer science seniors' knowledge of programming concepts
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...
Laurie Murphy, Renée McCauley, Suzanne West...
SIGCSE
2009
ACM
212views Education» more  SIGCSE 2009»
14 years 8 months ago
Using peer-led team learning to increase participation and success of under-represented groups in introductory computer science
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...
SIGCSE
2004
ACM
84views Education» more  SIGCSE 2004»
14 years 25 days ago
Core empirical concepts and skills for computer science
Educators are increasingly acknowledging that practical problems in computer science demand basic competencies in experimentation and data analysis. However, little effort has bee...
Grant Braught, Craig S. Miller, David W. Reed
CSEE
2007
Springer
14 years 1 months ago
Lab Partners: If They're Good Enough for the Natural Sciences, Why Aren't They Good Enough for Us?
Despite many professed benefits of collaboration, some computer science educators feel students need to master work individually, particularly in the courses early in the curricul...
Laurie Williams, Lucas Layman