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SIGCSE
2008
ACM
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13 years 4 months ago
Computer science olympiad: exploring computer science through competition
Generating interest in specialized areas of Computer Science (CS) is one of the goals of the department of Computer and Information Science at Spelman College as with most departm...
Iretta B. C. Kearse, Charles Hardnett
CHI
2009
ACM
14 years 5 months ago
Opportunities for actuated tangible interfaces to improve protein study
We outline strategies for actuated tangible user interfaces (TUIs) to improve the study of proteins. Current protein study tools miss fundamental biology concepts because graphica...
Ashlie Brown, Hayes Raffle
SIGCSE
2010
ACM
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13 years 12 months ago
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
2005
ACM
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13 years 10 months ago
Efficient use of robots in the undergraduate curriculum
In this paper we describe how a single Khepera II robot was used for an assignment in a senior level course on graphical user interface implementation. The assignment required eac...
Judith Challinger
FDG
2009
ACM
13 years 9 months ago
Can middle-schoolers use Storytelling Alice to make games?: results of a pilot study
In this paper we share experiences from two 2-week summer courses for middle-school students in game programming using Storytelling Alice (SA). The students spent 20 hours learnin...
Linda L. Werner, Jill Denner, Michelle Bliesner, P...