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SIGCSE
2004
ACM
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13 years 10 months ago
Core empirical concepts and skills for computer science
Educators are increasingly acknowledging that practical problems in computer science demand basic competencies in experimentation and data analysis. However, little effort has bee...
Grant Braught, Craig S. Miller, David W. Reed
SIGCSE
2000
ACM
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13 years 9 months ago
Empirical investigation throughout the CS curriculum
Empirical skills are playing an increasingly important role in the computing profession and our society. But while traditional computer science curricula are effective in teaching...
David W. Reed, Craig S. Miller, Grant Braught
ACSE
2000
ACM
13 years 9 months ago
Software testing in the computer science curriculum -- a holistic approach
Although testing accounts for 50% of the cost of software, it receives little treatment in most curricula. This paper presents some approaches to giving all students multiple, inc...
Edward L. Jones
HAPTICS
2010
IEEE
13 years 8 months ago
The Core Skills Trainer: A Set of Haptic Games for Practicing Key Clinical Skills
Abstract. A new approach to teaching the skills used by health professionals during hands-on (palpation-based) examinations and procedures is reported, where students practice indi...
Sarah Baillie, Neil Forrest, Tierney Kinnison
SIGPLAN
2008
13 years 4 months ago
Rethinking pedagogy for teaching PL with more than PL concepts in mind
Depending on individual department goals, undergraduate computer science educators teach theoretical concepts and skills with varying priorities on preparing students for continui...
Lori L. Pollock