NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 5 results Save | Export
Arawjo, Ian Anders – ProQuest LLC, 2023
I situate computer programming as a cultural practice. I develop this perspective in two ways: exploring how programming practices can support intercultural learning, and examining how programming tools themselves embed cultural assumptions and values. For the former, I study how relationships across difference are formed over computing activities…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Programming, Cultural Influences, Elementary Secondary Education
Ian Patrick Heraty – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This dissertation was a comparative study of computer science in secondary schools in both Ireland and the United States. Computer science was a new subject compared to more established subjects in both Ireland and the United States. This dissertation looked at how this subject could be accessed by students in both countries. I used a document…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Comparative Education, High School Students, Foreign Countries
Sundresh, Sameer – ProQuest LLC, 2009
How do you dynamically customize the programming language available in a context within an existing system, without changing the underlying system? This dissertation introduces a language design approach that addresses this problem. The basic idea is to structure programs as systems of multiple interacting levels of abstraction, where all of the…
Descriptors: Programming Languages, Programming, Internet, Computer System Design
Yahav, Inbal – ProQuest LLC, 2010
In this dissertation we develop a framework that combines data mining, statistics and operations research methods for improving real-time decision support systems in healthcare. Our approach consists of three main concepts: data gathering and preprocessing, modeling, and deployment. We introduce the notion of offline and semi-offline modeling to…
Descriptors: Operations Research, Research Methodology, Identification, Programming
Olsen, Michelle D. Hunt – ProQuest LLC, 2010
A study was conducted to propose a research-based model for a longitudinal data research system that addressed recommendations from a synthesis of literature related to: (1) needs reported by the U.S. Department of Education, (2) the twelve mandatory elements that define federally approved state longitudinal data systems (SLDS), (3) the…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Databases, Data Processing, Research Design