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CORR
2012
Springer
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14 years 8 days ago
Twisting q-holonomic sequences by complex roots of unity
A sequence fn(q) is q-holonomic if it satisfies a nontrivial linear recurrence with coefficients polynomials in q and qn . Our main theorem states that q-holonomicity is preserve...
Stavros Garoufalidis, Christoph Koutschan
SIGCSE
1998
ACM
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15 years 8 months ago
The ExCon project: advocating continuous examination
In this paper it is claimed that traditional examination often is destructive to the process of learning. It does not matter how good intentions educators have, it is the way they...
Urban Nuldén
SIGCSE
2010
ACM
232views Education» more  SIGCSE 2010»
15 years 11 months ago
What game developers look for in a new graduate: interviews and surveys at one game company
Video game development is an attractive career objective for many computer science students. Colleges are starting degree programs and specializations to serve this interest, but ...
Michael Hewner, Mark Guzdial
SIGCSE
2008
ACM
96views Education» more  SIGCSE 2008»
15 years 4 months ago
The mystery of "b : = (b = false)"
This paper describes some unusual patterns that emerged from a statistical analysis of the 1988 Advanced Placement Exam in Computer Science. Most multiple-choice questions on the ...
Stuart Reges
SIGCSE
2012
ACM
310views Education» more  SIGCSE 2012»
14 years 3 days ago
CSTutor: a pen-based tutor for data structure visualization
We present CSTutor, a sketch-based interface designed to help students understand data structures. It currently supports Linked Lists, Binary Search Trees, AVL Trees, and Heaps, a...
Sarah Buchanan, Brandon Ochs, Joseph J. LaViola Jr...