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SIGCSE
2008
ACM
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13 years 7 months ago
Improving the persistence of first-year undergraduate women in computer science
This paper describes a study of undergraduate women's retention in the first-year of the computer science major at the University of Pennsylvania for the purpose of identifyi...
Rita Manco Powell
SIGCSE
2010
ACM
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14 years 21 days ago
Expanding the frontiers of computer science: designing a curriculum to reflect a diverse field
While the discipline of computing has evolved significantly in the past 30 years, Computer Science curricula have not as readily adapted to these changes. In response, we have rec...
Mehran Sahami, Alex Aiken, Julie Zelenski
SIGCSE
2009
ACM
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14 years 8 months ago
Methods, metrics and motivation for a green computer science program
Computer science educators are uniquely positioned to promote greater awareness of Green Computing, using the academic setting to encourage environmentally conscious use of techno...
Mujtaba Talebi, Thomas Way
SIGCSE
2005
ACM
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14 years 29 days ago
Teaching and learning ethics in computer science: walking the walk
The author shares techniques used in a successful "Ethics and Professionalism" class at California State University, San Bernardino. The author describes active learning...
Richard J. Botting
SIGCSE
2008
ACM
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13 years 7 months ago
CS 0.5: a better approach to introductory computer science for majors
There are often problems when students enter a course with widely different experience levels with key course topics. If the material is covered too slowly, those with greater exp...
Robert H. Sloan, Patrick Troy