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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...
ACMSE
2008
ACM
13 years 9 months ago
Biometrics education with hands-on labs
Biometrics is an emerging field via the automated use of unique and measurable physiological or behavioral characteristics to determine or verify identity. Biometrics has a variet...
Li Yang, Kathy Winters, Joseph M. Kizza
ITICSE
1999
ACM
13 years 11 months ago
Distributed algorithms visualisation for educational purposes
We present our work on building interactive continuous visualisations of distributed algorithms for educational purposes. The animations are comprised by a set of visualisation wi...
Boris Koldehofe, Marina Papatriantafilou, Philippa...
SIGCSE
2009
ACM
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14 years 8 months ago
Breadth-last technical electives: integrating the CS core via computer games and mobile robotics
In this paper, we introduce the concept of breadth-last technical elective courses, which are designed to assist undergraduate CS students in integrating their entire core curricu...
William W. White, Jerry B. Weinberg
ITICSE
2006
ACM
14 years 1 months ago
Once she makes it, she is there: gender differences in computer science study
When you sit in a Computer Science lecture at any university in the western world, what are the chances that the person sitting next to you will be a woman? Furthermore, what are ...
Tamar Vilner, Ela Zur