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SIGCSE
2004
ACM
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14 years 1 months ago
Teaching computation to undergraduate scientists
This paper describes the motivation and design of an introductory computational course for natural, physical, and social scientists. Categories and Subject Descriptors: K.3.2 Comp...
Daniel T. Kaplan
ITICSE
2010
ACM
13 years 11 months ago
Helping students build a mental model of computation
Introductory computer science classes are known for having a high attrition rate. Some authors believe this is due to students’ difficulties in establishing a mental model of co...
Steve Kollmansberger
CG
2000
Springer
13 years 7 months ago
Bringing the introductory computer graphics course into the 21st century
The field of computer graphics has matured greatly since the formal statement of the introductory undergraduate course for computer science majors was created for ACM/IEEE Curricu...
Rosalee Wolfe
SIGCSE
2000
ACM
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14 years 6 hour ago
Powers of 10: the case for changing the first course in computer graphics
The growing maturity of computer graphics technology now makes it possible to view the introductory graphics course in a general computer science curriculum in a new light. Instea...
Steve Cunningham
ASSETS
2006
ACM
14 years 1 months ago
Accessibility now!: teaching accessible computing at the introductory level
As ASSETS attendees, we are clearly interested in promoting accessibility in computing. One way to do this is to teach courses on the topic. Most such courses are aimed at upper-l...
Brian J. Rosmaita