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SIGCSE
2010
ACM
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13 years 10 months ago
Game-themed programming assignments for faculty: a case study
Despite the proven success of using computer video games as a context for teaching introductory programming (CS1/2) courses, barriers including the lack of adoptable materials, re...
Cinnamon Hillyard, Robin Angotti, Michael Panitz, ...
ETS
2002
IEEE
201views Hardware» more  ETS 2002»
13 years 4 months ago
Case study on technology and distance in education at the Harvard Business School
For almost a century, the Harvard Business School has used case studies as the basis for experiential learning in both MBA and Executive Education courses. This article presents a...
Brian J. DeLacey, Dorothy A. Leonard
ECIS
2000
13 years 6 months ago
A Completely Virtual Distance Education Program Based on the Internet - Case and Agenda of the International MBI Program
The Internet as a medium for communication and information distribution has opened up new opportunities for distance education programs. Not only is the scope of a program, in ter...
Karl Kurbel
SIGCSE
2008
ACM
132views Education» more  SIGCSE 2008»
13 years 4 months ago
A case study of retention practices at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Computer science is seeing a decline in enrollment at all levels of education. One key strategy for reversing this decline is to improve methods of student retention. This paper, ...
Tanya L. Crenshaw, Erin W. Chambers, Heather Metca...
SIGCSE
1996
ACM
143views Education» more  SIGCSE 1996»
13 years 9 months ago
The quest for excellence in designing CS1/CS2 assignments
We identify the principles involved in designing effective programming assignments for CS1/CS2. Through a case study of a particularly successful recursion assignment, we establis...
Todd J. Feldman, Julie Zelenski