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SIGCSE
1998
ACM
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13 years 9 months ago
Scaling: a design pattern in introductory computer science courses
We present a series of programming exercises that use scaling as a theme for teaching design techniques in the introductory computer science course sequence. All exercises are on ...
Harriet J. Fell, Viera K. Proulx, Richard Rasala
CORR
2010
Springer
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13 years 4 months ago
Unified Compression-Based Acceleration of Edit-Distance Computation
The edit distance problem is a classical fundamental problem in computer science in general, and in combinatorial pattern matching in particular. The standard dynamic programming s...
Danny Hermelin, Gad M. Landau, Shir Landau, Oren W...
ITICSE
2009
ACM
13 years 11 months ago
Xen worlds: leveraging virtualization in distance education
The Xen Worlds project at Iowa State University was designed to provide a virtualized lab environment for the Information Assurance program. The large number of off-campus student...
Benjamin R. Anderson, Amy K. Joines, Thomas E. Dan...
SIGCSE
2010
ACM
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13 years 11 months ago
Scalable game design and the development of a checklist for getting computational thinking into public schools
Game design appears to be a promising approach to interest K-12 students in Computer Science. Unfortunately, balancing motivational and educational concerns is truly challenging. ...
Alexander Repenning, David C. Webb, Andri Ioannido...