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SIGPLAN
2008
13 years 7 months ago
Addressing the disconnect between the good and the popular
For several decades universities have taught programming languages as a fundamental part of their undergraduate curriculum. These courses cover the core topics used in the design ...
Michael Hind
SIGCSE
2010
ACM
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14 years 1 months ago
MPCT: media propelled computational thinking
Media-Propelled Computational Thinking (MPCT – pronounced impact) is a course designed to introduce programming in the context of engaging problems in media computation, math, a...
Eric Andrew Freudenthal, Mary K. Roy, Alexandria N...
ICSE
2005
IEEE-ACM
14 years 8 months ago
Beyond computer science
Computer science is necessary but not sufficient to understand and overcome the problems we face in software engineering. We need to understand not only the properties of the soft...
James D. Herbsleb
SIGCSE
2006
ACM
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14 years 1 months ago
Scavenger hunt: computer science retention through orientation
This paper describes Scavenger Hunt, a team-based orientation activity for incoming freshmen in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaig...
Jerry O. Talton, Daniel L. Peterson, Sam Kamin, De...
JUCS
2006
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13 years 7 months ago
Computer Science, Logic, Informatics Education
: Our aim is to discuss what, when and, how deep logic should be taught in the computer science education in connection with the so called "Bologna process". We survey th...
Katalin Pásztor-Varga, Magda Várter&...