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ISSEP
2010
Springer
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Programming Camps: Letting Children Discover the Computer Science
Monika Steinová, Juliana Sisková
ISSEP
2010
Springer
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Didactic Games for Teaching Information Theory
We developed a set of didactic games and activities that can be used to illustrate and teach various concepts from Information Theory. For each of the games and activities we list ...
Michal Forisek, Monika Steinová
ISSEP
2010
Springer
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Object-Oriented Modeling of Object-Oriented Concepts
Teaching introductory object-oriented programming presents considerable challenges. Some of these challenges are due to the intrinsic complexity of the subject matter — object-or...
Michela Pedroni, Bertrand Meyer
SIGCSE
2009
ACM
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Personalizing CS1 with robots
We have developed a CS1 curriculum that uses a robotics context to teach introductory programming [1]. Core to our approach is that each student has their own personal robot. Our ...
Jay Summet, Deepak Kumar, Keith J. O'Hara, Daniel ...
SIGCSE
2009
ACM
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Dereferee: exploring pointer mismanagement in student code
Dynamic memory management and the use of pointers are critical topics in teaching the C++ language. They are also some of the most difficult for students to grasp properly. The re...
Anthony Allevato, Manuel A. Pérez-Qui&ntild...
SIGCSE
2009
ACM
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The summer academy for advancing deaf and hard of hearing in computing
Deaf and hard of hearing students are an underrepresented group in computing and face extra challenges in university-level computing courses. This paper describes a 9-week Summer ...
Anna Cavender, Richard E. Ladner, Robert I. Roth
SIGCSE
2009
ACM
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GINI: a user-level toolkit for creating micro internets for teaching & learning computer networking
GINI (GINI Is Not Internet) is an open-source toolkit for creating virtual micro Internets for teaching and learning computer networking. It provides lightweight virtual elements ...
Muthucumaru Maheswaran, Alexis Malozemoff, Daniel ...
SIGCSE
2009
ACM
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The impact of instructor initiative on student learning: a tutoring study
In the quest to find instructional approaches that benefit student learning, engagement, and retention, evidence suggests providing students with hands-on practice is a worthwhile...
Kristy Elizabeth Boyer, Robert Phillips, Michael D...
SIGCSE
2009
ACM
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A graphics package for the first day and beyond
We describe cs1graphics, a new Python drawing package designed with pedagogy in mind. The package is simple enough that students can sit down and make use of it from the first day...
Michael H. Goldwasser, David Letscher