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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin, Volume 29, Issue 1

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https://doi.org/10.1145/268085.268119

Published: 01 March 1997 Publication History

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1. Social and professional topics
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    1. Computing education
      1. Computing education programs
        Computer science education
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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin Volume 29, Issue 1

March 1997

388 pages

ISSN:0097-8418

DOI:10.1145/268085

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SIGCSE '97: Proceedings of the twenty-eighth SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
March 1997
410 pages
ISBN:0897918894
DOI:10.1145/268084
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Curt M. White
Rosary College, River forest, IL
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Carl Erickson
Grand Valley State Univ., Allendale MI
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Bruce Klein
Grand Valley State Univ., Allendale, MI
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Univ. of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg

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