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SIGCSE
2009
ACM
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Foss 101: engaging introductory students in the open source movement
Can engaging students in free and open source software (FOSS) pique their interest in computer science? This paper describes an introductory computer science course that introduce...
Ralph Morelli, Trishan R. de Lanerolle
SIGCSE
2009
ACM
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Using daily student presentations to address attitudes and communication skills in CS1
Many CS1 courses lack a breadth in coverage of computing related topics and do not actively engage in nonprogramming computer science topics. In addition, many introductory (and...
Chris Bennett, Timothy Urness
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
2010
ACM
155views Education» more  SIGCSE 2010»
15 years 4 months ago
Women in CS: an evaluation of three promising practices
Historically, Harvey Mudd College (HMC) has had very little success attracting women to the study of computer science: women have chosen CS less than any other field of study. In...
Christine Alvarado, Zachary Dodds
SIGCSE
2010
ACM
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Using strategies for assessment of programming exercises
Programming exercise assessment tools alleviate the task of teachers, and increase consistency of markings. Many programming exercise assessment tools are based on testing. A test...
Alex Gerdes, Johan Jeuring, Bastiaan Heeren