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Computer science and the three Rs

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Communications of the ACM, Volume 55, Issue 10

Pages 17 - 19

https://doi.org/10.1145/2347736.2347743

Published: 01 October 2012 Publication History

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A growing sense of crisis prevails as computer science searches for its place in the K--12 curriculum.

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Computer science and the three Rs
1. Social and professional topics
  1. Computing / technology policy
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    1. Computing education
      1. Computing education programs
        Computer science education
        Information science education

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October 2012

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