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ITICSE
2006
ACM
13 years 11 months ago
Students learn CS in different ways: insights from an empirical study
This empirical study demonstrates that students’ learning of computer science takes place in qualitatively different ways. The results consist of categories, where each category...
Anders Berglund, Mattias Wiggberg
SIGCSE
2002
ACM
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13 years 5 months ago
Integrating a simulation case study into CS2: developing design, empirical and analysis skills
Case studies are widely used in business and medicine to help students learn from the successes and failures of practitioners in the field. This paper discusses the potential bene...
Kay A. Robbins, Catherine Sauls Key, Keith Dickins...
ICALT
2003
IEEE
13 years 11 months ago
Students' Understanding of Computer Networks in an Internationally Distributed Course
The different ways in which concepts within computer networks are understood by master level students who take an internationally distributed project-based course have been identi...
Anders Berglund, Arnold Neville Pears
SIGCSE
2000
ACM
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13 years 10 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
AAAI
2007
13 years 8 months ago
Temporal Difference and Policy Search Methods for Reinforcement Learning: An Empirical Comparison
Reinforcement learning (RL) methods have become popular in recent years because of their ability to solve complex tasks with minimal feedback. Both genetic algorithms (GAs) and te...
Matthew E. Taylor, Shimon Whiteson, Peter Stone