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ITICSE
2006
ACM
15 years 7 months ago
Putting threshold concepts into context in computer science education
This paper describes Threshold Concepts, a theory of learning that distinguishes core concepts whose characteristics can make them troublesome in learning. With an eye to applying...
Anna Eckerdal, Robert McCartney, Jan Erik Mostr&ou...
CHI
2009
ACM
16 years 2 months ago
Comparing the use of tangible and graphical programming languages for informal science education
Much of the work done in the field of tangible interaction has focused on creating tools for learning; however, in many cases, little evidence has been provided that tangible inte...
Michael S. Horn, Erin Treacy Solovey, R. Jordan Cr...
CONEXT
2009
ACM
15 years 3 months ago
The age of impatience: optimal replication schemes for opportunistic networks
: We study mobile P2P content dissemination schemes which leverage the local dedicated caches provided by hand-held devices (e.g., smart-phones, PDAs) and opportunistic contacts be...
Joshua Reich, Augustin Chaintreau
SIGCSE
2004
ACM
114views Education» more  SIGCSE 2004»
15 years 7 months ago
Student culture vs group work in computer science
Our industrial advisory boards tell us that our students are well prepared technically, but they lack important group work skills. Simply adding project courses and requiring that...
William M. Waite, Michele H. Jackson, Amer Diwan, ...
SIGCSE
2002
ACM
167views Education» more  SIGCSE 2002»
15 years 1 months ago
Defensive climate in the computer science classroom
As part of an NSF-funded IT Workforce grant, the authors conducted ethnographic research to provide deep understanding to the learning environment of computer science classrooms. ...
Lecia Jane Barker, Kathy Garvin-Doxas, Michele H. ...