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WSC
1996
13 years 8 months ago
Simulation for computer science majors: a preliminary report
The author is revising and restructuring an existing simulation course designed primarily for senior computer science majors by: 1) developing an integrated set of laboratory exer...
Ruth Silverman
SIGCSE
2006
ACM
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14 years 1 months ago
Why students with an apparent aptitude for computer science don't choose to major in computer science
The statistics show that the number of Computer Science majors is dropping across the United States. Possible reasons include a reduced number of jobs in the field, an incorrect p...
Lori Carter
ITICSE
2010
ACM
13 years 11 months ago
Experience report: CS1 for majors with media computation
Previous reports of a media computation approach to teaching programming have either focused on pre-CS1 courses or courses for non-majors. We report the adoption of a media comput...
Beth Simon, Päivi Kinnunen, Leo Porter, Dov Z...
SIGCSE
2008
ACM
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13 years 7 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
2002
ACM
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13 years 7 months ago
Internationalization of the curriculum report of a project within computer science
In the Fall of 1999 the Center for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching (CEUT) and the International Office at Virginia Tech provided a small grant to support the incorporation of...
John A. N. Lee