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SIGCSE
2005
ACM
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15 years 11 months ago
Designing, implementing, and analyzing a placement test for introductory CS courses
An introductory CS1 course presents problems for educators and students due to students’ diverse background in programming knowledge and exposure. Students who enroll in CS1 als...
Leen-Kiat Soh, Ashok Samal, Suzette Person, Gwen N...
SIGCSE
2008
ACM
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15 years 6 months ago
Programming by choice: urban youth learning programming with scratch
This paper describes Scratch, a visual, block-based programming language designed to facilitate media manipulation for novice programmers. We report on the Scratch programming exp...
John H. Maloney, Kylie A. Peppler, Yasmin B. Kafai...
SIGCSE
2005
ACM
366views Education» more  SIGCSE 2005»
15 years 11 months ago
Using asynchronous discussions to enhance student participation in CS courses
As Computer Science (CS) educators, we are involved in teaching a variety of undergraduate and graduate courses such as database management systems, networking, software developme...
Bhagyavati, Stan Kurkovsky, Christopher C. Whitehe...
SIGCSE
1993
ACM
102views Education» more  SIGCSE 1993»
15 years 10 months ago
The internet programming contest: a report and philosophy
Programming contests can provide a high-profile method for attracting interest in computer science. We describe our philosophy as it pertains to the purpose and merits of program...
Vivek Khera, Owen L. Astrachan, David Kotz
ITICSE
2004
ACM
15 years 11 months ago
Enhancing classroom lectures with digital sliding blackboards
Traditional blackboard-based lectures provide context on the sliding blackboards. Modern lectures incorporating video projectors typically do not provide this context. We describe...
Guido Rößling, Christoph Trompler, Max ...