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A successful five-year experiment with a breadth-first introductory course

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Donald Bagert,

William M. Marcy,

Ben A. CalloniAuthors Info & Claims

SIGCSE '95: Proceedings of the twenty-sixth SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education

Pages 116 - 120

https://doi.org/10.1145/199688.199748

Published: 15 March 1995 Publication History

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This paper discusses the implementation and evolution over a five-year period of a breadth-first introductory computer science course which has both lectures and structured, closed laboratory sessions. This course significantly increased both the retention and passing rates for the next computer course (which emphasizes programming), and computer science graduation rates.

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A successful five-year experiment with a breadth-first introductory course
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    1. Computing education
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        Computer science education
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    2. Computing profession
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SIGCSE '95: Proceedings of the twenty-sixth SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education

March 1995

436 pages

ISBN:089791693X

DOI:10.1145/199688

Chairman:
Cary Laxer
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute, IN
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Editors:
Curt M. White
Indiana Univ., Fort Wayne and Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN
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James E. Miller
Univ. of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg
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Judy Gersting
Univ. of Hawaii at Hilo, Hilo

ACM SIGCSE Bulletin Volume 27, Issue 1
March 1995
402 pages
ISSN:0097-8418
DOI:10.1145/199691
Editors:
Curt M. White
Indiana Univ., Fort Wayne and Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN
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James E. Miller
Univ. of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg
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Cary Laxer
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute, IN
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Judy Gersting
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