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ACE
2004
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13 years 6 months ago
What Drives Curriculum Change?
While promotional literature about computer science programs may claim that curricula are determined by the needs of the students and by international best practice, the reality i...
Paul Gruba, Alistair Moffat, Harald Sønderg...
SIGCSE
2009
ACM
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13 years 11 months ago
What makes CS teachers change?: factors influencing CS teachers' adoption of curriculum innovations
Computer Science (CS) education researchers hope their research has real impact on teaching practices. Developers of innovative curricula and tools for CS education want teachers ...
Lijun Ni
SIGCSE
2010
ACM
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13 years 10 months ago
How do computing faculty adopt curriculum innovations?: the story from instructors
This paper presents the findings of an exploratory, qualitative study revealing computing instructors’ experience in adopting curriculum innovations. We interviewed eight instru...
Lijun Ni, Tom McKlin, Mark Guzdial
MM
1997
ACM
117views Multimedia» more  MM 1997»
13 years 9 months ago
What Should a Wildebeest Say? Interactive Nature Films for High School Classrooms
Nature documentaries play an important role in high school biology classrooms, yet they deliver a passive and biased account of the behavior of organisms. To engage students in mo...
Brian K. Smith, Brian J. Reiser
CG
2000
Springer
13 years 4 months ago
Adapting computer graphics curricula to changes in graphics
Introductory computer graphics courses are changing their focus and learning environments. Improvements in hardware and software technology coupled with changes in preparation, in...
Lewis E. Hitchner, Henry Sowizral