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FECS
2010
13 years 5 months ago
2010
In this paper, we present a method to help teach computer architecture (or computer organization) by developing an in class system where the students, themselves, compile high-leve...
CHI
1996
ACM
14 years 1 days ago
1996
ACM
We present a new systematic method of structuring information using mental models. This method can be used both to evaluate the efficiency of an information structure and to build...
ICSTM
2000
13 years 9 months ago
2000
System Dynamics has had a tough time breaking into High Schools. Like all good ideas the most difficult part is convincing those who would most benefit that this new approach is i...
SIGCSE
2009
ACM
14 years 2 months ago
2009
ACM
Jeannette Wing’s call for teaching Computational Thinking (CT) as a formative skill on par with reading, writing, and arithmetic places computer science in the category of basic...
SIGUCCS
2000
ACM
14 years 7 days ago
2000
ACM
Information and Access Technology Services at the University of Missouri-Columbia has long struggled with its physical location on the edge of campus. In my 20+ years of experienc...