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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
2005
ACM
14 years 1 months ago
Reductive thinking in undergraduate CS courses
This paper describes research on the perception of undergraduate students of the concept of reduction. Specifically, based on an analysis of students' answers to questions ad...
Michal Armoni, Judith Gal-Ezer
AAAI
2006
13 years 9 months ago
Educational Robotics in Brooklyn
We describe a number of efforts to engage university students with robotics through teaching and outreach. Teaching runs the gamut from undergraduate introductory computer science...
Elizabeth Sklar, Simon Parsons, M. Q. Azhar, Valer...
EDUTAINMENT
2006
Springer
13 years 11 months ago
Trans-disciplinary Avenues in Education: Computing and Art
In this paper we report on an interdisciplinary course "Computing and Art" taught at the Sabanci University, Istanbul for the first time in fall of 2004. We also present...
Selim Balcisoy, Elif E. Ayiter
SIGPLAN
2008
13 years 7 months ago
Programming languages in a liberal arts education
Liberal arts curricula emphasize breadth of a student's educational experience, critical reasoning, and intellectual discourse to a greater degree than pre-professional train...
Kim B. Bruce, Stephen N. Freund