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Studio-based learning in CS2: an experience report

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Lakshman Myneni,

Margaret Ross,

Dean Hendrix,

N. Hari NarayananAuthors Info & Claims

ACMSE '08: Proceedings of the 46th annual ACM Southeast Conference

Pages 253 - 255

https://doi.org/10.1145/1593105.1593171

Published: 28 March 2008 Publication History

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Recently there has been a surge of interest in making computer science education attractive to potential students, motivating to current students, and relevant to graduating students. We are exploring a new pedagogical approach called studio-based learning as a means to reinvigorate computer science education. Adapted from architectural education, this instructional model emphasizes learning activities in which students (a) design computational solutions to problems that lend themselves to multiple solution strategies, and (b) present and justify their solutions to their instructors and peers for critical review and discussion. In this paper we describe the studio-based approach, discuss how it was implemented in CS2, and present preliminary evaluation results.

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    1. Computing education
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ACMSE '08: Proceedings of the 46th annual ACM Southeast Conference

March 2008

548 pages

ISBN:9781605581057

DOI:10.1145/1593105

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