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CS principles: piloting a new course at national scale

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SIGCSE '11: Proceedings of the 42nd ACM technical symposium on Computer science education

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https://doi.org/10.1145/1953163.1953281

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Since 2008, NSF and The College Board, have been developing a "Computer Science: Principles" curriculum to "introduce students to the central ideas of computing and CS, to instill ideas and practices of computational thinking, and to have students engage in activities that show how computing and CS change the world". We report on the initial pilot of the CS Principles curriculum at 5 universities in 2010/11. The instructors from the pilot schools will describe their classes, the piloting experience (teaching under a microscope), and successes and failures. Emphasis will be on: mapping the CS Principles curriculum to a college's specific needs, and how others can use or modify the existing materials for pilots at their schools.

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Supporting CS Principles Web Site: http://csprinciples.cs.washington.edu

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CS principles: piloting a new course at national scale
1. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Computing education
      1. Computing literacy
      2. Model curricula

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SIGCSE '11: Proceedings of the 42nd ACM technical symposium on Computer science education

March 2011

754 pages

ISBN:9781450305006

DOI:10.1145/1953163

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Thomas J. Cortina
Carnegie Mellon University
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Ellen L. Walker
Hiram College
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Laurie Smith King
College of the Holy Cross
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David R. Musicant
Carleton College

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