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2010
ACM
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Frances: a tool for understanding code generation
Compiler and programming language implementation courses are integral parts of many computer science curricula. However, the range of topics necessary to teach in such a course ar...
Tyler Sondag, Kian L. Pokorny, Hridesh Rajan
SIGCSE
2010
ACM
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Women in CS: an evaluation of three promising practices
Historically, Harvey Mudd College (HMC) has had very little success attracting women to the study of computer science: women have chosen CS less than any other field of study. In...
Christine Alvarado, Zachary Dodds
SIGCSE
2010
ACM
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Scalable game design and the development of a checklist for getting computational thinking into public schools
Game design appears to be a promising approach to interest K-12 students in Computer Science. Unfortunately, balancing motivational and educational concerns is truly challenging. ...
Alexander Repenning, David C. Webb, Andri Ioannido...
SIGCSE
2010
ACM
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Electronic commerce virtual laboratory
Website security is essential for successful e-commerce ventures, but the vital “how-to” components of security are often lacking in academic courses. This paper describes our...
Joel Coffman, Alfred C. Weaver
SIGCSE
2010
ACM
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Expanding the frontiers of computer science: designing a curriculum to reflect a diverse field
While the discipline of computing has evolved significantly in the past 30 years, Computer Science curricula have not as readily adapted to these changes. In response, we have rec...
Mehran Sahami, Alex Aiken, Julie Zelenski