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SIGCSE
1996
ACM
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15 years 1 months ago
Writing across the computer science curriculum
At our university, as at many others across the country, there is a movement to integrate the common core subjects with the disciplinary studies. While in the past writing has bee...
Harriet J. Fell, Viera K. Proulx, John Casey
ITICSE
2003
ACM
15 years 2 months ago
Systematic testing should not be a topic in the computer science curriculum!
In this paper we argue that treating “testing” as an isolated topic is a wrong approach in computer science and software engineering teaching. Instead testing should pervade p...
Henrik Bærbak Christensen
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ACMSE
2005
ACM
15 years 3 months ago
Towards a "humans-first" computer science curriculum
Traditionally, computer science education has considered “objects-first” or “imperative-first” approaches, with the focus of the course on teaching design of programs star...
D. Scott McCrickard, Charles J. Fowler, Christa M....
ICONFERENCE
2011
14 years 4 months ago
A vision for information visualization in information science
This paper presents the case for Information Visualization (IV) to be a central, integrated component of study in Information Science. We summarize the current state of IV within ...
Marilyn Ostergren, Jeff Hemsley, Miranda Belarde-L...
SIGCSE
2006
ACM
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15 years 3 months ago
Computing in context: integrating an embedded computing project into a course on ethical and societal issues
A hands-on embedded computing project is introduced into an undergraduate social sciences course. In the pilot module, nine student teams created working prototypes, using the tec...
Fred G. Martin, Sarah Kuhn