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SIGCSE
2009
ACM
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14 years 8 months ago
Using peer-led team learning to increase participation and success of under-represented groups in introductory computer science
This paper describes the implementation and evaluation of a program that uses active recruiting and peer-led team learning to try to increase the participation and success of wome...
Susan Horwitz, Susan H. Rodger, Maureen Biggers, D...
ITICSE
2006
ACM
14 years 1 months ago
High school computing clubs: a pilot study
While classes in IT skills are endemic, high school students in the UK rarely experience computer science. We present a pilot of a scheme that aims to go some way towards addressi...
Andrew Bennett, Joanna Briggs, Martyn Clark
ISSEP
2005
Springer
69views Education» more  ISSEP 2005»
14 years 27 days ago
The Transition from School to University: Would Prior Study of Computing Help?
Abstract. We investigate issues in the preparation of students for undergraduate study. Specifically, we focus upon the question of whether computer science students would be bett...
Martyn Clark, Roger D. Boyle
SIGCSE
2004
ACM
168views Education» more  SIGCSE 2004»
14 years 24 days ago
Design, science, and engineering topics?: teaching HCI with a unified method
Reacting to challenges that have been observed in humancomputer interaction (HCI) education, as well as the multidisciplinary design, science, and engineering underpinnings, we in...
D. Scott McCrickard, Christa M. Chewar, Jacob P. S...
SIGCSE
2006
ACM
172views Education» more  SIGCSE 2006»
14 years 1 months ago
Computing in context: integrating an embedded computing project into a course on ethical and societal issues
A hands-on embedded computing project is introduced into an undergraduate social sciences course. In the pilot module, nine student teams created working prototypes, using the tec...
Fred G. Martin, Sarah Kuhn