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Using scientific data to teach a database systems course

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Paul J. Wagner,

Elizabeth Shoop,

John V. CarlisAuthors Info & Claims

SIGCSE '03: Proceedings of the 34th SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education

Pages 224 - 228

https://doi.org/10.1145/611892.611975

Published: 11 January 2003 Publication History

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Database systems instructors face an ongoing challenge to develop meaningful assignments for their courses. We have found that instructors can successfully use large scientific datasets in teaching a database systems course to better prepare students for real-world database systems work.

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SIGCSE '03: Proceedings of the 34th SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education

February 2003

444 pages

ISBN:158113648X

DOI:10.1145/611892

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Scott Grissom
Grand Valley State University
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The College of New Jersey
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Villanova University
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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin Volume 35, Issue 1
January 2003
406 pages
ISSN:0097-8418
DOI:10.1145/792548
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