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ACMSE
2005
ACM
14 years 4 months ago
Towards a "humans-first" computer science curriculum
Traditionally, computer science education has considered “objects-first” or “imperative-first” approaches, with the focus of the course on teaching design of programs star...
D. Scott McCrickard, Charles J. Fowler, Christa M....
SIGCSE
2009
ACM
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14 years 11 months ago
Preparation of high school computer science teachers: the Israeli perspective
This special session examines frameworks for the preparation of high school computer science (CS) teachers from the Israeli perspective. Specifically, several Israeli CS teacher p...
Judith Gal-Ezer, Orit Hazzan, Noa Ragonis
ITICSE
2006
ACM
14 years 4 months ago
Putting threshold concepts into context in computer science education
This paper describes Threshold Concepts, a theory of learning that distinguishes core concepts whose characteristics can make them troublesome in learning. With an eye to applying...
Anna Eckerdal, Robert McCartney, Jan Erik Mostr&ou...
FGCS
2002
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13 years 10 months ago
Computational and data Grids in large-scale science and engineering
As the practice of science moves beyond the single investigator due to the complexity of the problems that now dominate science, large collaborative and multi-institutional teams ...
William E. Johnston