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TAPIA
2005
ACM
16 years 10 days ago
Preliminary analysis of factors affecting women and african americans in the computing sciences
The current paper presents research that investigates those factors that affect the recruitment and retention of women and African Americans in the computing sciences. We begin by...
Jamika D. Burge, Tiki L. Suarez
SIGCSE
2004
ACM
84views Education» more  SIGCSE 2004»
16 years 6 days ago
Core empirical concepts and skills for computer science
Educators are increasingly acknowledging that practical problems in computer science demand basic competencies in experimentation and data analysis. However, little effort has bee...
Grant Braught, Craig S. Miller, David W. Reed
SIGCSE
2010
ACM
150views Education» more  SIGCSE 2010»
16 years 3 days ago
Expanding the frontiers of computer science: designing a curriculum to reflect a diverse field
While the discipline of computing has evolved significantly in the past 30 years, Computer Science curricula have not as readily adapted to these changes. In response, we have rec...
Mehran Sahami, Alex Aiken, Julie Zelenski
JUCS
2008
120views more  JUCS 2008»
15 years 6 months ago
Publication Bias in the Computer Science Education Research Literature
Abstract: Publication bias is the tendency for investigations with primarily nonstatistically significant findings to be withheld from the research record. Because publication bias...
Justus J. Randolph, Roman Bednarik
SIGCSE
2008
ACM
160views Education» more  SIGCSE 2008»
15 years 6 months ago
CS 0.5: a better approach to introductory computer science for majors
There are often problems when students enter a course with widely different experience levels with key course topics. If the material is covered too slowly, those with greater exp...
Robert H. Sloan, Patrick Troy