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The students conference—a tool for the teaching of research, writing, and presentation skills

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ITiCSE '98: Proceedings of the 6th annual conference on the teaching of computing and the 3rd annual conference on Integrating technology into computer science education: Changing the delivery of computer science education

August 1998

Pages 28 - 31

https://doi.org/10.1145/282991.283007

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Good communication skills are very important for any professional career. But few computer science curricula provide courses to acquire these skills.This paper describes a "conference course," which was held at our department to address research, technical writing and presentation skills. We outline the experiment, discuss our experiences, and present a proposal for a follow-up course.

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The students conference—a tool for the teaching of research, writing, and presentation skills
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
2. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Computing education
      1. Computing education programs
        Computer science education

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ISBN:1581130007

DOI:10.1145/282991

Chairmen:
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Open Univ., UK
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Mícheál ÓΉigeartaigh
Dublin City Univ., Ireland

ACM SIGCSE Bulletin Volume 30, Issue 3
Sept. 1998
313 pages
ISSN:0097-8418
DOI:10.1145/290320
Chairmen:
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Grand Valley State Univ., Allendale, MI
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Gordon Davies
Open Univ., UK
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