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SIGCSE
2008
ACM
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13 years 5 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
IIE
2006
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13 years 5 months ago
The IOI is (not) a Science Olympiad
Abstract. The International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI) aspires to be a science olympiad alongside such international olympiads in mathematics, physics, chemistry, and biology. I...
Tom Verhoeff
ACSC
2008
IEEE
13 years 11 months ago
Informatics olympiads: challenges in programming and algorithm design
The International Olympiad in Informatics is a worldwide contest for high school students, with a strong focus on creativity and ingenuity in algorithm design. Here we describe th...
Benjamin A. Burton
SIGCSE
2006
ACM
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13 years 11 months ago
Scavenger hunt: computer science retention through orientation
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...
Jerry O. Talton, Daniel L. Peterson, Sam Kamin, De...
CSEE
2011
Springer
12 years 8 months ago
Pex4Fun: Teaching and learning computer science via social gaming
Pex4Fun (http://www.pexforfun.com/)from Microsoft Research is a web-based serious gaming environment for teaching computer science. Pex4Fun can be used to teach and learn computer...
Nikolai Tillmann, Jonathan de Halleux, Tao Xie