Originally there was one computing curriculum, computer science, which provided a" one-
size-fits-all" education in programming and computing in general. Today, computing …

Kent Academic Repository Page 1 Fincher, Sally, Barnes, David J., Bibby, Pete, Bown, James,
Bush, Vicky, Campbell, Phil, Cutts, Quintin, Jamieson, Stephan, Jenkins, Tony, Jones, Michael …

As computing becomes a mainstream discipline embedded in the school curriculum and
acts as an enabler for an increasing range of academic disciplines in higher education, the …

In the past decade educators have developed a myriad of tools to help novices learn to
program. Different tools emerge as new features or combinations of features are employed …

A solid foundation in computer programming is critical for students to succeed in advanced
computing courses, but teaching such an introductory course is challenging. Therefore, it is …

Demand for computing courses from students in disciplines outside of Computer Science is
growing. This growth has created increasing challenges in offering one-size-fits-all CS1 …

This is the thirty-fifth SIGCSE conference. Off-by-one bugs notwithstanding, it seems safe to
assume that the members of the SIGCSE community have been teaching programming for at …

This panel will discuss ways to engage undergraduates in computing and then to keep them
as majors. A special emphasis will be on attracting females to computing. The panelists will …

This paper describes the experience of redesigning a traditional CS1 programming course,
utilizing traditional coding practices as well as microcontroller units (MCU) based coding, to …

SOME THOUGHTS ON TEACHING FIRST YEAR PROGRAMMING + Marcel Dupras*, Fernand
LeMay**, All Mili* Universit~ Laval Quebec, Canada, G Page 1 SOME THOUGHTS ON …