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Borstler, Jurgen; Nordstrom, Marie; Paterson, James H. – ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 2011
Example programs play an important role in the teaching and learning of programming. Students as well as teachers rank examples as the most important resources for learning to program. Example programs work as role models and must therefore always be consistent with the principles and rules we are teaching. However, it is difficult to find or…
Descriptors: Role Models, Textbooks, Evaluation Methods, Programming
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Doerschuk, Peggy; Liu, Jiangjiang; Mann, Judith – ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 2011
If we are to attract more women and minorities to computing we must engage students at an early age. As part of its mission to increase participation of women and underrepresented minorities in computing, the Increasing Student Participation in Research Development Program (INSPIRED) conducts computing academies for high school students. The…
Descriptors: Role Models, Females, Student Participation, High School Students