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SIGCSE
2006
ACM
108views Education» more  SIGCSE 2006»
14 years 2 months ago
Developing collaborative skills early in the CS curriculum in a laboratory environment
The research on teaching and learning over the past 50 years suggests that the early use of collaborative learning leads to higher interest, higher retention, and higher academic ...
Dawn McKinney, Leo F. Denton
VL
2003
IEEE
102views Visual Languages» more  VL 2003»
14 years 1 months ago
Programming for communication: overcoming motivational barriers to computation for all
Computer science as a discipline is failing to reach a diverse audience. As a result, computational illiteracy threatens many groups of underserved students—women, minorities an...
Andrea Forte
IROS
2007
IEEE
144views Robotics» more  IROS 2007»
14 years 2 months ago
Using reinforcement learning to adapt an imitation task
Abstract— The goal of developing algorithms for programming robots by demonstration is to create an easy way of programming robots that can be accomplished by everyone. When a de...
Florent Guenter, Aude Billard
VL
2006
IEEE
153views Visual Languages» more  VL 2006»
14 years 2 months ago
Lessons Learned from Designing a Programming System to Support Middle School Girls Creating Animated Stories
Traditional approaches to teaching computer science are often unsuccessful in attracting girls into the discipline. Our hypothesis is that presenting computer programming as a mea...
Caitlin Kelleher, Randy Pausch
ICWL
2005
Springer
14 years 1 months ago
The Gong System: Web-Based Learning for Multiple Languages, with Special Support for the Yale Representation of Cantonese
This paper introduces the Gong system, an Internet-based voice board system designed primarily for language learners which includes special support for Cantonese. The Gong system i...
David Rossiter, Gibson Lam, Vivying Cheng