The CS principles project

Astrachan, Owen; Briggs, Amy

doi:10.1145/2189835.2189849

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“…Another potential use of these animations may be for the Computer Science Principles project [32], which is a collaborative effort of computer science educators to design a new introductory-level college course on computing. Seven "big ideas" have been formulated in support of the learning objectives for this course; "Big Idea III" states that "data and information facilitate the creation of knowledge."…”

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An Animated Introduction to Relational Databases for Many Majors

et al. 2015

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Database technology affects many disciplines beyond computer science and business. This paper describes two animations developed with images and color that visually and dynamically introduce fundamental relational database concepts and querying to students of many majors. The goal is for educators in diverse academic disciplines to incorporate the animations in their existing courses in order to meet their pedagogical needs. The introduction of the animations was assessed and evaluated within several contexts, including non-majors courses offered by computer scientists as well as a course on computational molecular biology. The evaluation indicated that student knowledge of fundamental database concepts improved significantly with the use of the courseware. The animations provide visual learners with an engaging method to learn the topics presented with the ability to replay the dynamic presentation. Overall, the evaluation indicates the accessibility of database topics across the disciplines as well as the specific concepts that need further elaboration.

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“…Due to persistently low enrollment, we discontinued EAS 285 and introduced a new service learning course in spring 2012, called CIS 101 Compute to Create, an official pilot of the CS Principles project [1]. As an introductory CS course for non-engineering students with no prerequisite, the new course satisfies a formal reasoning requirement (as does introductory calculus).…”

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A cascading mentoring pedagogy in a CS service learning course to broaden participation and perceptions

Kafai

Griffin

Burke

et al. 2013

Proceeding of the 44th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education

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This study reports on the design, implementation, and evaluation of a service-learning course based on a "cascading mentoring" model linking together the faculty, administration, and undergraduates of an urban university's computer science department with local high school students. We present findings from surveys and post-interviews that illustrate undergraduates' and high school students' experiences in the program and how their perceptions of computing and mentoring changed based upon the outreach. In our discussion, we focus on the institutional and conceptual challenges of implementing the community service course within the university's computer science department, while also highlighting the learning opportunities for streamlining such a model for future iterations.

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“…Por esse motivo, estuda-se hoje a inclusão do ensino de programação de computadores o mais cedo possível, ou seja, no Ensino Médio e até mesmo no Ensino Fundamental. Nos EUA, a Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), juntamente com outras instituições, propõe iniciativas de levar Computação ao Ensino Médio: a iniciativa CS10K objetiva levar 10 mil professores de Computação ao Ensino Médio distribuídos em 10 mil escolas (Astrachan & Briggs, 2012). Uma outra iniciativa relacionada é a APCS Principles que pretende validar créditos do Ensino Médio no Ensino Superior.…”

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Uma abordagem baseada no ambiente Robocode para ensino de programação no Ensino Médio

Pantaleão¹,

Amaral²,

Silva³

2017

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ResumoEsse artigo descreve uma metodologia para o uso da ferramenta Robocode no ensino de algoritmos e programação de computadores para alunos do Ensino Médio. A metodologia inclui a participação de alunos de graduação que já cursaram as disciplinas de programação de computadores e que atuam como tutores e co-orientadores dos alunos. O ambiente Robocode foi utilizado como ferramenta de apoio ao ensino de Java. Os resultados observados apontam o interesse dos alunos do Ensino Médio pela programação e também o potencial do Robocode como ferramenta lúdica de apoio ao ensino de Java. Por fim, com a realização dos Torneios de Robocode, foi possível observar o quanto a competitividade influenciou a motivação dos estudantes em aprender e superar desafios. Palavras-chave: Robocode; ensino de Java; linguagem de programação; jogo educativo ResumoThis paper describes a methodology for teaching algorithms and programming languages teaching in high school with the aid of the Robocode platform. The experience was developed since 2012 with the help of undergraduate students that had already concluded courses on computer programming and acted as tutors and co-advisors of the younger students. Robocode environment was used as a support tool, using a playful learning strategy, providing an early contact of the high-school students with Java programming language. The obtained results show the interest of high school students to learn computer programming. Furthermore, the Robocode platform proved to be a playful tool to support the teaching of Java. Finally, with the realization of the Robocode Tournaments, it was possible to observe how the competitiveness influenced the motivation of students to learn and overcome challenges.

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The CS principles project

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An Animated Introduction to Relational Databases for Many Majors

An Animated Introduction to Relational Databases for Many Majors

A cascading mentoring pedagogy in a CS service learning course to broaden participation and perceptions

Uma abordagem baseada no ambiente Robocode para ensino de programação no Ensino Médio

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