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Experiments with the use of popular press in the computer science curriculum

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Paula Gabbert,

Kevin TreuAuthors Info & Claims

SIGCSE '00: Proceedings of the thirty-first SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education

Pages 124 - 128

https://doi.org/10.1145/330908.331839

Published: 01 March 2000 Publication History

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With the objective of encouraging and supporting more critical thinking about broad issues of computer science throughout the curriculum, we propose the widespread use of popular press (non-academic) books as supplemental texts for a variety of courses. Our hypothesis is that such books, which address topics including the history, current issues, and future implications of computing technology, as well as ethical issues, technical details and even fictional treatments, can greatly contribute to a student's education in a variety of courses.

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Treu KGersting JWalker HGrissom S(2002)To teach the unteachable classProceedings of the 33rd SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education10.1145/563340.563416(201-205)Online publication date: 27-Feb-2002
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Abernethy KTreu K(2010)Connections with historyJournal of Computing Sciences in Colleges10.5555/1858583.185861426:2(199-207)Online publication date: 1-Dec-2010
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/1858583.1858614

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Experiments with the use of popular press in the computer science curriculum
1. Applied computing
  1. Computers in other domains
2. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Computing education
      1. Computing education programs
        Computer science education
      2. Model curricula

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May 2000

429 pages

ISBN:1581132131

DOI:10.1145/330908

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Treu K(2002)To teach the unteachable classACM SIGCSE Bulletin10.1145/563517.56341634:1(201-205)Online publication date: 27-Feb-2002
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/563517.563416
Treu KGersting JWalker HGrissom S(2002)To teach the unteachable classProceedings of the 33rd SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education10.1145/563340.563416(201-205)Online publication date: 27-Feb-2002
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/563340.563416
Abernethy KTreu K(2010)Connections with historyJournal of Computing Sciences in Colleges10.5555/1858583.185861426:2(199-207)Online publication date: 1-Dec-2010
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/1858583.1858614

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