SIGCSE
2006
ACM
14 years 5 months ago
2006
ACM
This paper describes Scavenger Hunt, a team-based orientation activity for incoming freshmen in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaig...
SIGCSE
2006
ACM
14 years 5 months ago
2006
ACM
Undergraduate students who perform research benefit greatly from the experience, yet achieving high levels of voluntary participation remains an elusive goal. This paper describes...
ITICSE
2006
ACM
14 years 5 months ago
2006
ACM
It is well known that women’s involvement in the field of Computer Science is very low in the USA. This is viewed as a significant problem and has become a great concern to educ...
ITICSE
2006
ACM
14 years 5 months ago
2006
ACM
This paper describes Threshold Concepts, a theory of learning that distinguishes core concepts whose characteristics can make them troublesome in learning. With an eye to applying...
ITICSE
2006
ACM
14 years 5 months ago
2006
ACM
Teaching computer science to children is a major priority in most countries in the world. Nevertheless, Computer Science curricula do not seem to address the children’s world, c...
ITICSE
2006
ACM
14 years 5 months ago
2006
ACM
When you sit in a Computer Science lecture at any university in the western world, what are the chances that the person sitting next to you will be a woman? Furthermore, what are ...
ITICSE
2006
ACM
14 years 5 months ago
2006
ACM
This empirical study demonstrates that students’ learning of computer science takes place in qualitatively different ways. The results consist of categories, where each category...
ITICSE
2006
ACM
14 years 5 months ago
2006
ACM
Professors often develop anecdotal guidelines about how each student’s past performance in their academic major relates to their performance in later courses. While these guidel...
LICS
2006
IEEE
14 years 5 months ago
2006
IEEE
LICS
2006
IEEE
14 years 5 months ago
2006
IEEE