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2008
ACM
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Inspiring blind high school students to pursue computer science with instant messaging chatbots
Blind students are an underrepresented group in computer science. In this paper, we describe our experience preparing and leading the computer science track at the National Federa...
Jeffrey P. Bigham, Maxwell B. Aller, Jeremy T. Bru...
SIGCSE
2008
ACM
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Cross-cultural issues in a tutored video instruction course
In this paper we discuss cultural issues encountered while offering an Algorithms course from a US university at a Chinese university using Tutored Video Instruction (TVI). TVI is...
Natalie Linnell, Richard J. Anderson, Jane Prey
SIGCSE
2008
ACM
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Test-driven learning in early programming courses
Coercing new programmers to adopt disciplined development practices such as thorough unit testing is a challenging endeavor. Test-driven development (TDD) has been proposed as a s...
David Janzen, Hossein Saiedian
SIGCSE
2008
ACM
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Improving computer science diversity through summer camps
Summer camps offer a ripe opportunity for increasing computer science diversity. This panel provides several examples of summer camps that specifically recruit from traditionally ...
Dennis P. Groth, Helen H. Hu, Betty Lauer, Hwajung...
SIGCSE
2009
ACM
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14 years 9 months ago
Implications of integrating test-driven development into CS1/CS2 curricula
Many academic and industry professionals have called for more testing in computer science curricula. Test-driven development (TDD) has been proposed as a solution to improve testi...
Chetan Desai, David S. Janzen, John Clements