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PROCEDIA
2010
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13 years 5 months ago
Introductory computational science using MATLAB and image processing
We describe a new course designed to introduce engineering students to computational thinking. One of the most significant challenges in teaching an introductory-level applied co...
D. Brian Larkins, William Harvey
SIGCSE
2006
ACM
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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
ACSC
2002
IEEE
14 years 13 days ago
Learning and the Reflective Journal in Computer Science
This paper describes the use of the reflective journal in a computer programming course at the University of South Australia. We describe rationale for the journal relating it to ...
S. E. George
SIGCSE
1999
ACM
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13 years 11 months ago
Cache conscious programming in undergraduate computer science
The wide-spread use of microprocessor based systems that utilize cache memory to alleviate excessively long DRAM access times introduces a new dimension in the quest to obtain goo...
Alvin R. Lebeck
JOT
2008
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13 years 7 months ago
By students, for students: a production-quality multimedia library and its application to game-based teaching
The attractive idea of using game development for teaching programming can only meet student expectations and modern software engineering requirements if it uses advanced multimed...
Till G. Bay, Michela Pedroni, Bertrand Meyer