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SIGCSE
2000
ACM
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Object-orientation in Java for scientific programmers
Scientific programmers have traditionally programmed in entirely sequential languages such as Fortran, C or Pascal and it could be argued that object-orientation is not a concept ...
Judith Bishop, Nigel Bishop
SIGCSE
2000
ACM
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Evaluating individuals in team projects
In 1999, most computer science students participate in at least one group project in some class prior to graduation. However, assessing individual student contributions to a group...
Dawn Wilkins, Pamela B. Lawhead
SIGCSE
1999
ACM
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Using JFLAP to interact with theorems in automata theory
An automata theory course can be taught in an interactive, hands-on manner using a computer. At Duke we have been using the software tool JFLAP to provide interaction and feedback...
Eric Gramond, Susan H. Rodger
ERCIMDL
1998
Springer
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An Analysis of Usage of a Digital Library
As experimental digital library testbeds gain wider acceptance and develop significant user bases, it becomes important to investigate the ways in which users interact with the sys...
Steve Jones, Sally Jo Cunningham, Rodger J. McNab
SIGCSE
1997
ACM
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Introducing fixed-point iteration early in a compiler course
When teaching a course in compiler design, it is conventional to introduce the iterative calculation of least fixed points quite late in the course, in the guise of iterative dat...
Max Hailperin