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SIGCSE
2008
ACM
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13 years 8 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
SIGCSE
2008
ACM
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Inspiring blind high school students to pursue computer science with instant messaging chatbots
Blind students are an underrepresented group in computer science. In this paper, we describe our experience preparing and leading the computer science track at the National Federa...
Jeffrey P. Bigham, Maxwell B. Aller, Jeremy T. Bru...
SP
2002
IEEE
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13 years 8 months ago
The XCAT Science Portal
The design and prototype implementation of the XCAT Grid Science Portal is described in this paper. The portal lets grid application programmers easily script complex distributed ...
Sriram Krishnan, Randall Bramley, Dennis Gannon, R...
SIGCSE
2006
ACM
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14 years 2 months ago
Everything I needed to know about teaching I learned in kindergarten: bringing elementary education techniques to undergraduate
By expanding the teaching styles used in computer science classrooms, we can expand the audience of students that enjoy and excel in technology. Rather than focusing on major curr...
Shannon Pollard, Robert C. Duvall
ITICSE
2004
ACM
14 years 2 months ago
Generation as method for explorative learning in computer science education
The use of generic and generative methods for the development and application of interactive educational software is a relatively unexplored area in industry and education. Advant...
Andreas Kerren