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SIGCSE
2005
ACM
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14 years 1 months ago
A multi-institutional investigation of computer science seniors' knowledge of programming concepts
Research on learning suggests the importance of helping students organize their knowledge around meaningful patterns of information. This paper reports on a multi-institutional st...
Laurie Murphy, Renée McCauley, Suzanne West...
ITICSE
2000
ACM
14 years 8 days ago
Has our curriculum become math-phobic? (an American perspective)
We are concerned about a view in undergraduate computer science education, especially in the early courses, that it’s okay to be math-phobic and still prepare oneself to become ...
Charles Kelemen, Allen B. Tucker, Peter Henderson,...
ITICSE
2003
ACM
14 years 1 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
SIGCSE
2009
ACM
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14 years 8 months ago
Engaging students through mobile game development
This paper describes using mobile game development as a motivational tool to engage students early in the curriculum. Mobile devices have become an integral part of everyday lives...
Stan Kurkovsky
CSEE
2007
Springer
14 years 2 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 ...