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ASSETS
2006
ACM
15 years 3 months ago
Accessibility now!: teaching accessible computing at the introductory level
As ASSETS attendees, we are clearly interested in promoting accessibility in computing. One way to do this is to teach courses on the topic. Most such courses are aimed at upper-l...
Brian J. Rosmaita
ICCS
2001
Springer
15 years 1 months ago
Developing Components and Curricula for a Research-Rich Undergraduate Degree in Computational Physics
Abstract. A four-year undergraduate curriculum leading to a Bachelor’s degree in Computational Physics is described. The courses, texts, and seminars are research- and Web-rich, ...
Rubin H. Landau
SIGCSE
2003
ACM
141views Education» more  SIGCSE 2003»
15 years 2 months ago
Teaching objects-first in introductory computer science
An objects-first strategy for teaching introductory computer science courses is receiving increased attention from CS educators. In this paper, we discuss the challenge of the obj...
Stephen Cooper, Wanda Dann, Randy Pausch
ITICSE
2005
ACM
15 years 3 months ago
Iconic programming for flowcharts, java, turing, etc
One of the largest barriers to learning programming is the precise and complex syntax required to write programs. This barrier is a key impediment to the integration of programmin...
Stephen Chen, Stephen Morris