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SIGCSE
2005
ACM
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14 years 28 days ago
Designing, implementing, and analyzing a placement test for introductory CS courses
An introductory CS1 course presents problems for educators and students due to students’ diverse background in programming knowledge and exposure. Students who enroll in CS1 als...
Leen-Kiat Soh, Ashok Samal, Suzette Person, Gwen N...
APVIS
2003
13 years 8 months ago
Experimental Evaluation of a Program Visualisation Tool for Use in Computer Science Education
This paper presents an experimental evaluation of a program visualisation tool. Computer science students in an introductory object oriented programming course in Java were asked ...
Kathryn Kasmarik, Joe Thurbon
ITICSE
2010
ACM
13 years 11 months ago
Helping students build a mental model of computation
Introductory computer science classes are known for having a high attrition rate. Some authors believe this is due to students’ difficulties in establishing a mental model of co...
Steve Kollmansberger
EDUTAINMENT
2009
Springer
14 years 1 months ago
Entertaining Education - Using Games-Based and Service-Oriented Learning to Improve STEM Education
This paper addresses the development of a computer game design and development curriculum at the authors’ institution. The basis for curriculum decisions, as well as comparison t...
Jon Preston, Briana Morrison
CSEE
2007
Springer
14 years 1 months ago
Increased Retention of Early Computer Science and Software Engineering Students Using Pair Programming
An important problem faced by many Computer Science and Software Engineering programs is declining enrollment. In an effort to reverse that trend at Mississippi State University, ...
Jeffrey C. Carver, Lisa Henderson, Lulu He, Julia ...