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Computer science in the Air Force Academy core curriculum

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Kenneth L. Krause,

Robert E. Sampsell,

Samuel L. GrierAuthors Info & Claims

ACM SIGCSE Bulletin, Volume 14, Issue 1

Pages 144 - 146

https://doi.org/10.1145/953051.801356

Published: 01 February 1982 Publication History

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At last year's SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, we were struck by three things. First, many people were struggling with how to best teach introductory computer science to a population that is predominantly not potential computer science majors (1). Second, there is great value in the exchange of information about how we are attacking the problem, why we chose this path, and how we feel it's working (2). Third, motivation is a key element in learning (3). Many things we heard last year acted as a catalyst for us to make some changes in the core computer science course (Comp Sci 100) at the Air Force Academy. In this paper, we discuss these changes and offer a candid, but preliminary, evaluation of our success in serving the needs of a large and diverse student population.

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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin Volume 14, Issue 1

Proceedings of the 13th SIGCSE symposium on Computer science education

February 1982

278 pages

ISSN:0097-8418

DOI:10.1145/953051

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SIGCSE '82: Proceedings of the thirteenth SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
February 1982
271 pages
ISBN:0897910672
DOI:10.1145/800066
Chairmen:
John F. Dalphin,
Robert A. Barrett,
John T. Gorgone

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Ayen WGrier S(1983)A new environment for teaching introductory computer scienceACM SIGCSE Bulletin10.1145/952978.80106115:1(258-264)Online publication date: 1-Feb-1983
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/952978.801061
Ayen WGrier SCottrell LLang STurner A(1983)A new environment for teaching introductory computer scienceProceedings of the fourteenth SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education10.1145/800038.801061(258-264)Online publication date: 17-Feb-1983
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