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BEHAVIOURIT
2007
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14 years 9 months ago
Methods for human - computer interaction research with older people
: Experimental research in human–computer interaction commonly uses participant groups that are unrepresentative of demographic realities, being young, technically knowledgeable ...
Anna Dickinson, John L. Arnott, Suzanne Prior
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SIGCSE
2009
ACM
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15 years 10 months ago
Engagement: gaming throughout the curriculum
This paper considers how gaming has been infused into the computing curriculum of institutions in the United States. To increase motivation of students and improve retention, many...
Briana B. Morrison, Jon A. Preston
WSC
2007
14 years 12 months ago
Monte Carlo methods in the physical sciences
I will review the role that Monte Carlo methods play in the physical sciences. They are very widely used for a number of reasons: they permit the rapid and faithful transformation...
Malvin H. Kalos
SIGCSE
2006
ACM
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15 years 3 months ago
Scavenger hunt: computer science retention through orientation
This paper describes Scavenger Hunt, a team-based orientation activity for incoming freshmen in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaig...
Jerry O. Talton, Daniel L. Peterson, Sam Kamin, De...
SIGCSE
1999
ACM
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15 years 1 months ago
Cache conscious programming in undergraduate computer science
The wide-spread use of microprocessor based systems that utilize cache memory to alleviate excessively long DRAM access times introduces a new dimension in the quest to obtain goo...
Alvin R. Lebeck