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2004
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The Cryptic Crossword Puzzle as a Useful Analogue in Teaching Programming
Contrary to the apparent beliefs of many students, computer programming and problem solving are not amenable to purely book learning. These skills can be acquired only by practice...
Simon
ACE
2004
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New Arrival Students: Mitigating Factors on the Culture of the Computing Learning Environment
Over the past decade Australian and New Zealand educational institutions have experienced a rapid increase in the numbers of "New Arrivals" - immigrant and international...
Barbara J. Crump
ACE
2004
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From Informal to Formal: Creating the Australasian Computing Education Community
The advent of Web technology has enabled new ways in which groups of people may interact, leading to the development of online communities. In an academic environment these virtua...
Judy Sheard, Angela Carbone
ACE
2004
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Peer Testing in Software Engineering Projects
For the last six years, students in the Software Engineering Project course at the University of Tasmania have undertaken projects in teams of four or five members. Since 1998 pee...
Nicole Clark
ACE
2004
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Managing Large Class Assessment
ExamGen is a software application developed at Queensland University of Technology to assist instructors with assessment in large classes (250+). The ExamGen program was developed...
Anthony Rhodes, Karyn Bower, Peter Bancroft
ACE
2004
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Automating the Estimation of Project Size from Software Design Tools Using Modified Function Points
Final year students in the Bachelor of Computing complete an industry project where they work in teams to build an IT system for an external client. Grading projects in these circ...
Jason Ceddia, Martin Dick
ACE
2004
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Personal Software Process in the Database Course
This paper describes the integration of the Personal Software Process (PSP) into an introductory database course in an MIS curriculum. PSP is a highly disciplined, process-based a...
William I. Bullers Jr.
ACE
2004
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The Evaluation of Courses in Information Systems
This paper presents a process for evaluating an e-commerce course in order to determine whether the structure and design is appropriate for student learning. Evaluation is importa...
Kay C. Bryant
ACE
2004
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Educational Experiences From a Global Software Engineering (GSE) Project
Technological advancement in the Internet and other areas of communication have made the idea of collaborative projects with other people who might be physically located on separa...
Maryam Purvis, Martin K. Purvis, Stephen Cranefiel...
ACE
2004
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Computing Theory With Relevance
In computer science education, the topic of computing theory is one that is commonly not well received by students. Career-oriented students often view the topic as irrelevant, an...
Wayne Brookes