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SIGCSE
2009
ACM
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14 years 5 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...
ITICSE
2003
ACM
13 years 9 months ago
A media computation course for non-majors
Computing may well become considered an essential part of a liberal education, but introductory programming courses will not look like the way that they do today. Current CS1 cour...
Mark Guzdial
SIGCSE
2006
ACM
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13 years 10 months ago
Everything I needed to know about teaching I learned in kindergarten: bringing elementary education techniques to undergraduate
By expanding the teaching styles used in computer science classrooms, we can expand the audience of students that enjoy and excel in technology. Rather than focusing on major curr...
Shannon Pollard, Robert C. Duvall
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...
SIGITE
2005
ACM
13 years 10 months ago
Hands-on approach to teaching computer networking using packet traces
This paper describes a novel approach to teaching computer networking through packet traces of actual network traffic. The paper describes a set of exercises that use packet trace...
Jeanna Neefe Matthews