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Why Don't We Use Worksheets in Computer Science Education?
Worksheets (short, constrained, sets of exercises with mostly fill-in-the-blank, true/false, and multiple choice activities) are unusual in CS education. Use of...
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All Grown Up Now: Service and Serial Reciprocity
Computing is central to the debate about so many aspects of our present and future that we have a duty and responsibility to be active and enthusiastic participants...
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Royal Society Report Recommends CS in English Schools: Implications For USA?
The Royal Society, the world's oldest scientic academy, released a report this month calling for a radical change to English schools: Real Computer Science for...
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The Way Forward For Computer Science in the U.K.
The last week has seen some interesting developments in Computer Science Education in the U.K., with some sensible suggestions for improvements published in a report...
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Online Stanford Classes Explore New Models For CS Learning
What's cool about the online Stanford CS classes is not the numbers, but the models. They are explorations of new ways to teach computer science.
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Planting Seeds in the Field of Knowledge
In these challenging economic times, universities are under great stress--economically, politically, and socially. It is tempting for those of us in computing to...
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Enrollment and Quality: Does It Matter to Measure?
CS is declared to be the hottest major on campus based on enrollment at the top institutions. But is it rising everywhere? We don't really know how to measure...
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Celebrate Computing!
Computer Science Education Week 2011 is a call to action. It gives the computing community an opportunity to raise awareness about the societal impact of computing...
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Techwomen Alumnae Attend Grace Hopper
Here is information about the Techwomen program and its attendees at Grace Hopper.
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Exciting New Research Presented at Grace Hopper
The Grace Hopper Conference includes a Ph.D. Forum that showcases the research of current Ph.D. students, with the additional goal of providing support and mentoring...
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Sheryl Sandberg's Keynote at Grace Hopper
Sheryl Sandberg gave the opening keynote at the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing and spoke about why careers in technology are important and why it...
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Alain Chesnais Welcomes Grace Hopper Attendees
Alain Chesnais, President of ACM, welcomed attendees to the 11th Grace Hopper Conference
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Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing Keeps Growing!
The official opening of the Grace Hopper Conference (GHC) on 11/10/2011 was an exciting event. Conference statistics show a growth of 35% since 2010.
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High School CS Teachers as the New Computing Professionals
If you were a human-centered computing research in 1960's, you'd study, "Who are software engineers?" Today, the new computing professionals to study are high school...
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Connecting Science to Society
As America debates how to get through these tough economic times, research funding for science and engineering may get lost in the clamor. Here are some suggestions...
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Computers in Education Should Target Test Scores
Does it help to bring computers into the classroom? So far, there seems to be little evidence that it does.
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The U.K. Is Taking Steps to Improve Computing Education in Schools
The United Kingdom is stepping up its efforts to improve computing education in schools.
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Trip Report on the 2011 International Computing Education Research Workshop
Last week's ICER 2011 conference was a smashing success. We learned how students believe in a "Geek gene," where students work on their programs, how to make compilers...
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What We Owe Google, and What Google Owes Us
We rely on online information sources—maybe too much. What is our responsibility to make sure that they're accurate, and what responsibility do the sources have...
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