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ITICSE
2006
ACM
15 years 3 months ago
Agents help students in ProgrammingLand
ProgrammingLand is an online system for delivering content to introductory computer science courses as a substitute for a conventional textbook. Because the system has a large num...
Curt D. Hill, Vijayakumar Shanmugasundaram, Martin...
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SIGPLAN
2008
14 years 9 months ago
Programming languages as part of core computer science
While the programming languages course played a key role in Curricula '68, '78, and '91, Curriculum 2001 replaced most of the content in programming languages with ...
Kim B. Bruce, Stephen N. Freund
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ACE
2004
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14 years 11 months ago
Learning about Software Development - Should Programming Always Come First?
The issues surrounding curriculum design of many Computer Science and Software Engineering degree programs1 are many and complex. In particular, the question of whether prior prog...
Margaret Hamilton, Liz Haywood
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
ITICSE
2005
ACM
15 years 3 months ago
Analyzing relationships between closed labs and course activities in CS1
Closed laboratories are becoming an increasingly popular approach to teaching introductory computer science courses. However, as observed in [1], “Considering the prevalence of ...
Leen-Kiat Soh, Ashok Samal, Suzette Person, Gwen N...