Volume 39; Issue 1

ACM SIGCSE Bulletin

Volume 39; Issue 1
1

Assessing computer science programs

Marion, Bill, Impagliazzo, John, St. Clair, Caroline, Soroka, Barry, Whitfield, Deborah
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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
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2007
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english
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2

To teach is to touch lives forever

Gal-Ezer, Judith
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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
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2007
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english
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PDF, 151 KB
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3

Gender, perceptions, and reality

Madigan, Elinor M., Goodfellow, Marianne, Stone, Jeffrey A.
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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
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2007
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english
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PDF, 278 KB
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4

A games first approach to teaching introductory programming

Leutenegger, Scott, Edgington, Jeffrey
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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
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2007
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english
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PDF, 192 KB
english, 2007
6

Investigating the viability of mental models held by novice programmers

Ma, Linxiao, Ferguson, John, Roper, Marc, Wood, Murray
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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
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2007
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english
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PDF, 162 KB
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7

Mindstorms without robotics

Klassner, Frank, Continanza, Christopher
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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
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2007
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english
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PDF, 1.31 MB
english, 2007
9

CS4HS

Blum, Lenore, Cortina, Thomas J.
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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
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2007
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english
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PDF, 650 KB
english, 2007
10

The virtual tele-tASK professor

Linckels, Serge, Repp, Stephan, Karam, Naouel, Meinel, Christoph
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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
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2007
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english
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PDF, 217 KB
english, 2007
12

Web-based tools for active learning in information theory

Hamada, Mohamed
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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
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2007
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english
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PDF, 501 KB
english, 2007
13

Mechanics of undergraduate research at liberal arts colleges

Musicant, David, Kumar, Amruth, Baldwin, Doug, Walker, Ellen
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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
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2007
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english
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PDF, 167 KB
english, 2007
14

New paradigms for introductory computing courses

Koffman, Elliot, Ellis, Heidi, Kelemen, Charles, White, Curt, Wolfman, Steven
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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
Year:
2007
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english
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PDF, 168 KB
english, 2007
16

Assessing the impact of inking technology in a large digital design course

Wolf, Tilman
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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
Year:
2007
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english
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PDF, 277 KB
english, 2007
17

Status report on the SIGCSE committee on models for evaluating faculty scholarship

Fink, Shmuel, Kruse, Gerald, Olson, Keith
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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
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2007
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english
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PDF, 159 KB
english, 2007
18

Subverting the fundamentals sequence

Clifton, Curtis, Kaczmarczyk, Lisa C., Mrozek, Michael
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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
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2007
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english
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PDF, 126 KB
english, 2007
19

Discrete math with programming

McMaster, Kirby, Anderson, Nicole, Rague, Brian
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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
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2007
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english
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PDF, 230 KB
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20

A course on simulation, probability and statistics

Anderson, Scott D.
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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
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2007
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english
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PDF, 498 KB
english, 2007
22

UML tools

Gayler, Dick, Klappholz, David, Harvey, Valerie J., Pérez-Quiñones, Manuel A.
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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
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2007
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english
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PDF, 160 KB
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23

An initiative to attract students to computing

Cassel, Lillian N, McGettrick, Andrew, Davies, Gordon, Topi, Heikki, Sloan, Bob
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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
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2007
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english
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PDF, 163 KB
english, 2007
24

Algorithm visualization

Shaffer, Clifford A., Cooper, Matthew, Edwards, Stephen H.
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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
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2007
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english
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PDF, 154 KB
english, 2007
25

A study of algorithm animations on mobile devices

Hürst, Wolfgang, Lauer, Tobias, Nold, Eveline
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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
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2007
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english
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PDF, 2.46 MB
english, 2007
26

Technically speaking

Havill, Jessen T., Ludwig, Lewis D.
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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
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2007
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english
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PDF, 97 KB
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27

Facilitated student discussions for evaluating teaching

Craig, Michelle
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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
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2007
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english
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PDF, 91 KB
english, 2007
28

Active learning sheets for a beginner's course on reasoning about imperative programs

Lau, Kung-Kiu
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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
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2007
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english
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PDF, 141 KB
english, 2007
29

An introduction to computer science for non-majors using principles of computation

Cortina, Thomas J.
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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
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2007
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english
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PDF, 239 KB
english, 2007
30

Scratch for budding computer scientists

Malan, David J., Leitner, Henry H.
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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
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2007
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english
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PDF, 1.10 MB
english, 2007
31

Killer "killer examples" for design patterns

Alphonce, Carl, Caspersen, Michael, Decker, Adrienne
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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
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2007
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english
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PDF, 143 KB
english, 2007
32

Computer games as motivation for design patterns

Gestwicki, Paul V.
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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
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2007
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english
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PDF, 482 KB
english, 2007
33

Working with pedagogical patterns in PACT

Carle, Andy, Clancy, Michael, Canny, John
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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
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2007
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english
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PDF, 424 KB
english, 2007
34

Programming-lite

Allen, Robert B., Klappholz, David, Wick, Michael R., Zander, Carol
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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
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2007
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english
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PDF, 175 KB
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35

"...But what do the top-rated schools do?"

Forbes, Jeffrey, Garcia, Daniel D.
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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
Year:
2007
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english
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PDF, 175 KB
english, 2007
37

Teaching graphics with the openGL shading language

Talton, Jerry O., Fitzpatrick, Darren
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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
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2007
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english
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PDF, 319 KB
english, 2007
38

Lightweight preliminary peer review

Denning, Tamara, Kelly, Michael, Lindquist, David, Malani, Roshni, Griswold, William G., Simon, Beth
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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
Year:
2007
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english
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PDF, 325 KB
english, 2007
39

Engagement and frustration in programming projects

Hansen, Stuart, Eddy, Erica
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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
Year:
2007
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english
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PDF, 321 KB
english, 2007
40

Commonsense computing

Chen, Tzu-Yi, Lewandowski, Gary, McCartney, Robert, Sanders, Kate, Simon, Beth
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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
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2007
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english
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PDF, 122 KB
english, 2007
41

Outcomes-based computing accreditation

Yaverbaum, Gayle, Lidtke, Doris, Reichgelt, Han, Zweben, Stu
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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
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2007
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english
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PDF, 176 KB
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42

Software-defined radio for undergraduate projects

Birmingham, William, Acker, Leah
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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
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2007
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english
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PDF, 160 KB
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43

DrProject

Reid, Karen L., Wilson, Gregory V.
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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
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2007
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english
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PDF, 333 KB
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45

The current crisis in computing

Cassel, Lillian (Boots), McGettrick, Andrew, Guzdial, Mark, Roberts, Eric
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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
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2007
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english
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PDF, 180 KB
english, 2007
46

Leveling the CS1 playing field

Townsend, Gloria Childress, Menzel, Suzanne, Siek, Katie A.
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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
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2007
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english
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PDF, 770 KB
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48

A multidisciplinary bioinformatics minor

Bruhn, Russel, Jennings, Steven F.
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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
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2007
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english
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PDF, 230 KB
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51

Taking students out for a ride

Lim, Darren
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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
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2007
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english
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PDF, 1.07 MB
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52

Alice Frenzy

Caristi, James, Cooper, Stephen, Mullins, Judy
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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
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2007
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english
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PDF, 604 KB
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53

τεΧνη

Davis, Timothy, Geist, Robert, Matzko, Sarah, Westall, James
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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
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2007
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english
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PDF, 7.09 MB
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55

Visualizing trends in student performance across computer science courses

Wortman, Dana, Rheingans, Penny
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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
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2007
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english
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PDF, 2.26 MB
english, 2007
56

RobotStudio

Xu, Li
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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
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2007
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english
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PDF, 1.31 MB
english, 2007
57

RegeXeX

Brown, Christopher W., Hardisty, Eric A.
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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
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2007
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english
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PDF, 310 KB
english, 2007
58

Engaging students in formal language theory and theory of computation

Sigman, Scott
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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
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2007
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english
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PDF, 210 KB
english, 2007
60

Using live projects without pain

Chase, J. D., Oakes, Ed, Ramsey, Sean
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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
Year:
2007
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english
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PDF, 227 KB
english, 2007
61

Network security auditing as a community-based learning project

Lincke, Susan J.
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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
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2007
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english
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PDF, 244 KB
english, 2007
62

Using google hacking to enhance defense strategies

Lancor, Lisa, Workman, Robert
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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
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2007
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english
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PDF, 423 KB
english, 2007
63

Opening the door of the computer science classroom

Tenenberg, Josh, Fincher, Sally
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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
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2007
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english
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PDF, 263 KB
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64

The computing ontology project

Cassel, Lillian N., Sloan, Robert H., Davies, Gordon, Topi, Heikki, McGettrick, Andrew
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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
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2007
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english
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PDF, 157 KB
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65

Resurrecting the applet paradigm

Roberts, Eric
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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
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2007
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english
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PDF, 212 KB
english, 2007
66

Squint

Murtagh, Thomas P.
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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
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2007
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english
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PDF, 689 KB
english, 2007
67

Programming studio

Woodley, Michael, Kamin, Samuel N.
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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
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2007
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english
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PDF, 1.45 MB
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68

A Java execution simulator

Robbins, Steven
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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
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2007
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english
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PDF, 269 KB
english, 2007
69

Making service learning accessible to computer scientists

Rosmaita, Brian J.
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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
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2007
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english
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PDF, 143 KB
english, 2007
71

Embracing the social relevance

Purewal, Tarsem S., Bennett, Chris, Maier, Frederick
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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
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2007
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english
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PDF, 136 KB
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72

SimpleDB

Sciore, Edward
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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
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2007
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english
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PDF, 253 KB
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73

An easy to use distributed computing framework

Pheatt, Chuck
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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
Year:
2007
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english
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PDF, 268 KB
english, 2007
75

Computational thinking

Henderson, Peter B., Cortina, Thomas J., Wing, Jeannette M.
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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
Year:
2007
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english
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PDF, 203 KB
english, 2007
77

Through the looking glass

Powers, Kris, Ecott, Stacey, Hirshfield, Leanne M.
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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
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2007
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english
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PDF, 338 KB
english, 2007
78

Eccles' model of achievent-related choices

Eidelman, Larisa, Hazzan, Orit
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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
Year:
2007
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english
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PDF, 264 KB
english, 2007
80

Students teaching students

Dankel, Douglas D., Ohlrich, Jonathan
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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
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2007
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english
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PDF, 213 KB
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81

A visual object-oriented programming environment

Feinberg, Dave
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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
Year:
2007
Language:
english
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PDF, 294 KB
english, 2007
82

A hands-on environment for teaching GPU programming

Bailey, Mike, Cunningham, Steve
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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
Year:
2007
Language:
english
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PDF, 2.33 MB
english, 2007
83

Weaving CS into CS1

Murtagh, Thomas P.
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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
Year:
2007
Language:
english
File:
PDF, 140 KB
english, 2007
85

Gender difference trends in computer literacy of first-year students

Hoffman, Mark E., Vance, David R.
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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
Year:
2007
Language:
english
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PDF, 205 KB
english, 2007
88

Gendered experiences of computing graduate programs

Cohoon, J. McGrath
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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
Year:
2007
Language:
english
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PDF, 232 KB
english, 2007
89

Retaining majors through the introductory sequence

Turner, Elise H., Albert, Erik, Turner, Roy M., Latour, Laurence
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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
Year:
2007
Language:
english
File:
PDF, 498 KB
english, 2007
90

A multi-expertise application-driven class

Nita-Rotaru, Cristina, Dark, Melissa, Popescu, Voicu
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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
Year:
2007
Language:
english
File:
PDF, 1.16 MB
english, 2007
91

Day one of the objects-first first course

Bergin, Joe, Clancy, Mike, Slater, Don, Goldweber, Michael, Levine, David B.
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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
Year:
2007
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english
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PDF, 177 KB
english, 2007
92

MicroTiger

VanBuren, Brian G., Shaaban, Muhammad
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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
Year:
2007
Language:
english
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PDF, 210 KB
english, 2007
93

Improving secondary CS education

Ericson, Barbara, Guzdial, Mark, Biggers, Maureen
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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
Year:
2007
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english
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PDF, 208 KB
english, 2007
95

Teaching tips we wish they'd told us before we started

Astrachan, Owen, Parlante, Nick, Garcia, Daniel D., Reges, Stuart
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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
Year:
2007
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english
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PDF, 180 KB
english, 2007
96

InfoTraffic

Arnold, Ruedi, Langheinrich, Marc, Hartmann, Werner
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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
Year:
2007
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english
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PDF, 508 KB
english, 2007
97

Algorithm explorer

Carson, Erik, Parberry, Ian, Jensen, Bradley
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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
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2007
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english
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PDF, 625 KB
english, 2007
99

Podcasting computer science E-1

Malan, David J.
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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
Year:
2007
Language:
english
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PDF, 759 KB
english, 2007
100

Open source projects in programming courses

Pedroni, Michela, Bay, Till, Oriol, Manuel, Pedroni, Andreas
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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
Year:
2007
Language:
english
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PDF, 214 KB
english, 2007
101

Dynamic object viewers for data structures

Cross, James H., Hendrix, T. Dean, Jain, Jhilmil, Barowski, Larry A.
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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
Year:
2007
Language:
english
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PDF, 349 KB
english, 2007
102

Which pointer errors do students make?

Adcock, Bruce, Bucci, Paolo, Heym, Wayne D., Hollingsworth, Joseph E., Long, Timothy, Weide, Bruce W.
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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
Year:
2007
Language:
english
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PDF, 307 KB
english, 2007
103

Creating significant learning experiences in introductory artificial intelligence

McGovern, Amy, Fager, Jason
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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
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2007
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english
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PDF, 249 KB
english, 2007
104

Groupwork activities in synchronous online classroom spaces

Bower, Matt
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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
Year:
2007
Language:
english
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PDF, 486 KB
english, 2007
106

Readn', writ'n, 'rithmetic...and code'n

Booch, Grady
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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
Year:
2007
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english
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PDF, 180 KB
english, 2007
107

Treisman workshops and student performance in CS

Chinn, Donald, Martin, Kristofer, Spencer, Catherine
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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
Year:
2007
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english
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PDF, 244 KB
english, 2007
109

Pep8CPU

Warford, J. Stanley, Okelberry, Ryan
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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
Year:
2007
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english
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PDF, 288 KB
english, 2007
110

Alice, middle schoolers & the imaginary worlds camps

Adams, Joel C.
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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
Year:
2007
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english
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PDF, 562 KB
english, 2007
111

Food-first computer science

Davis, Janet, Rebelsky, Samuel A.
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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
Year:
2007
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english
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PDF, 249 KB
english, 2007
112

SEED

Du, Wenliang, Teng, Zhouxuan, Wang, Ronghua
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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
Year:
2007
Language:
english
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PDF, 185 KB
english, 2007
113

Digital support for abductive learning in introductory computing courses

Radenski, Atanas
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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
Year:
2007
Language:
english
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PDF, 372 KB
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114

A course in software development

Noonan, Robert E., Hott, John R.
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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
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2007
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english
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PDF, 153 KB
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115

Teaching compiler construction and language design

Ruckert, Martin
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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
Year:
2007
Language:
english
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PDF, 119 KB
english, 2007
116

Teaching experiences with a virtual network laboratory

Wong, Ken, Wolf, Tilman, Gorinsky, Sergey, Turner, Jonathan
Journal:
ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
Year:
2007
Language:
english
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PDF, 309 KB
english, 2007
118

Bridging the conceptual gap

Wick, Michael R.
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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
Year:
2007
Language:
english
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PDF, 263 KB
english, 2007
119

Plagiarism detection using feature-based neural networks

Engels, Steve, Lakshmanan, Vivek, Craig, Michelle
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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
Year:
2007
Language:
english
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PDF, 271 KB
english, 2007
120

Give students a clue

Hansen, David M., Bruce, Joseph, Harrison, David
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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
Year:
2007
Language:
english
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PDF, 157 KB
english, 2007
121

Using virtual characters in personalized recommendations

Reategui, Eliseo, Boff, Elisa, Campbell, John A.
Journal:
ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
Year:
2007
Language:
english
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PDF, 274 KB
english, 2007
122

An introductory course format for promoting diversity and retention

Cohoon, James P.
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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
Year:
2007
Language:
english
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PDF, 215 KB
english, 2007
124

Fourth grade computer science

Frost, Daniel
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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
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2007
Language:
english
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PDF, 284 KB
english, 2007
125

Forming a women's computer science support group

Beck, Jon
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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
Year:
2007
Language:
english
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PDF, 111 KB
english, 2007
126

BabyOS

Liu, Haifeng, Chen, Xianglan, Gong, Yuchang
Journal:
ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
Year:
2007
Language:
english
File:
PDF, 101 KB
english, 2007
127

Integrating traditional and agile processes in the classroom

Kessler, Robert, Dykman, Nathan
Journal:
ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
Year:
2007
Language:
english
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PDF, 212 KB
english, 2007
128

Nifty assignments

Parlante, Nick, Cigas, John, Shiflet, Angela B., Sooriamurthi, Raja, Clancy, Mike, Noonan, Bob, Reed, David
Journal:
ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
Year:
2007
Language:
english
File:
PDF, 152 KB
english, 2007
129

Interactive visualization for the active learning classroom

Schweitzer, Dino, Brown, Wayne
Journal:
ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
Year:
2007
Language:
english
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PDF, 441 KB
english, 2007
130

Note to self

Layman, Lucas, Williams, Laurie, Slaten, Kelli
Journal:
ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
Year:
2007
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english
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PDF, 257 KB
english, 2007
131

NSF-DGE GK-12 teaching fellowships

Sherrell, Linda B., Liu, Chang, Pottenger, William M., Gross, Paul
Journal:
ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
Year:
2007
Language:
english
File:
PDF, 170 KB
english, 2007
132

Threads™

Furst, Merrick, Isbell, Charles, Guzdial, Mark
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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
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2007
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english
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PDF, 169 KB
english, 2007
133

Having a BLAST

Cutter, Pamela
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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
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2007
Language:
english
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PDF, 256 KB
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134

The games computers play...

Schaeffer, Jonathan
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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
Year:
2007
Language:
english
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PDF, 148 KB
english, 2007