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SIGCSE
2004
ACM
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13 years 10 months ago
Teaching computation to undergraduate scientists
This paper describes the motivation and design of an introductory computational course for natural, physical, and social scientists. Categories and Subject Descriptors: K.3.2 Comp...
Daniel T. Kaplan
SIGCSE
2010
ACM
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13 years 5 months ago
What do "CS1" and "CS2" mean?: investigating differences in the early courses
Thirty-one years ago, the ACM Computing Curricula used the terms "CS1" and "CS2" to designate the first two two courses in the introductory sequence of a compu...
Matthew Hertz
SIGCSE
2005
ACM
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13 years 11 months ago
Designing, implementing, and analyzing a placement test for introductory CS courses
An introductory CS1 course presents problems for educators and students due to students’ diverse background in programming knowledge and exposure. Students who enroll in CS1 als...
Leen-Kiat Soh, Ashok Samal, Suzette Person, Gwen N...
ITICSE
2003
ACM
13 years 10 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
SIGOPS
2008
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Using model checkers in an introductory course on operating systems
During the last three years, we have been experimenting with the use of the Uppaal model checker in an introductory course on operating systems for first-year Computer Science stu...
Roelof Hamberg, Frits W. Vaandrager