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ICCS
2009
Springer
14 years 7 hour ago
The New Computational and Data Sciences Undergraduate Program at George Mason University
We describe the new undergraduate science degree program in Computational and Data Sciences (CDS) at George Mason University (Mason), which began offering courses for both major (...
Kirk D. Borne, John Wallin, Robert Weigel
FECS
2006
170views Education» more  FECS 2006»
13 years 6 months ago
Multi-Paradigm Approach for Teaching Programming
: Selecting an appropriate programming paradigm in which to teach the first programming and problem solving course in a Computer Science undergraduate program has been discussed ex...
Laxmi Gewali, John T. Minor
SIGCSE
2009
ACM
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14 years 6 months ago
Using peer-led team learning to increase participation and success of under-represented groups in introductory computer science
This paper describes the implementation and evaluation of a program that uses active recruiting and peer-led team learning to try to increase the participation and success of wome...
Susan Horwitz, Susan H. Rodger, Maureen Biggers, D...
ACMSE
2005
ACM
13 years 11 months ago
Towards a "humans-first" computer science curriculum
Traditionally, computer science education has considered “objects-first” or “imperative-first” approaches, with the focus of the course on teaching design of programs star...
D. Scott McCrickard, Charles J. Fowler, Christa M....