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ITICSE
2003
ACM
15 years 9 months ago
Teaching undergraduate software design in a liberal arts environment using RoboCup
Most large research universities include a software design or software development course as a required or elective component of an undergraduate computer science major. For vario...
Timothy Huang, Frank Swenton
ACSE
1998
ACM
15 years 8 months ago
Building a rigorous research agenda into changes to teaching
: Building research into teaching has particular value in the current academic climate; this paper considers why and reflects on the particular need for Computer Science education ...
Mats Daniels, Marian Petre, Anders Berglund
SIGCSE
2009
ACM
132views Education» more  SIGCSE 2009»
16 years 5 months ago
Retina: helping students and instructors based on observed programming activities
It is difficult for instructors of CS1 and CS2 courses to get accurate answers to such critical questions as "how long are students spending on programming assignments?"...
Christian Murphy, Gail E. Kaiser, Kristin Loveland...
SIGCSE
2009
ACM
130views Education» more  SIGCSE 2009»
16 years 5 months ago
Introducing PyLighter: dynamic code highlighter
Like a screenplay, a program is both a static artifact and instructions for a dynamic performance. This duality can keep laypeople from appreciating the complexity of software sys...
Michael G. Boland, Curtis C. Cliburn
SIGCSE
2009
ACM
168views Education» more  SIGCSE 2009»
16 years 5 months ago
Bringing big systems to small schools: distributed systems for undergraduates
Distributed applications have become a core component of the Internet's infrastructure. However, many undergraduate curriculums, especially at small colleges, do not offer co...
Jeannie R. Albrecht