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ITICSE
2003
ACM
14 years 27 days ago
A media computation course for non-majors
Computing may well become considered an essential part of a liberal education, but introductory programming courses will not look like the way that they do today. Current CS1 cour...
Mark Guzdial
AAAI
2006
13 years 9 months ago
Introductory Computer Science with Robots
Starting in the fall of 2005 our department began a large-scale effort to incorporate hands-on robotics in many of our courses, including our introductory computer science sequenc...
Debra T. Burhans, R. Mark Meyer, Patricia VanVerth...
EDM
2008
93views Data Mining» more  EDM 2008»
13 years 9 months ago
A Preliminary Analysis of the Logged Questions that Students Ask in Introductory Computer Science
Asking questions is widely believed to contribute to student learning, but little is known about the questions that students ask or how to exploit them in tutorial interventions to...
Cecily Heiner
SIGADA
1997
Springer
13 years 11 months ago
Transitioning to Ada in an Introductory Course for Non-Majors
All students attending the U.S. Air Force Academy are required to take an introductory course in computer science. Last year we transitioned to Ada in this course. In this paper w...
A. T. Chamillard, William C. Hobart Jr.
ITICSE
2005
ACM
14 years 1 months ago
Testing first: emphasizing testing in early programming courses
The complexity of languages like Java and C++ can make introductory programming classes in these languages extremely challenging for many students. Part of the complexity comes fr...
Will Marrero, Amber Settle