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SPLASH 2017
Sun 22 - Fri 27 October 2017 Vancouver, Canada
Mon 23 Oct 2017 09:30 - 10:00 at Kensington - Tools and Techniques Chair(s): Joe Gibbs Politz

Computer Science (CS) education is not mandatory nationwide in the United States, therefore students who take an an introduction to programing class in college vary in preparation level from advanced to non-programmer based on the resources they had access to before college. CS is a modern tool relied upon in a variety of fields and thus students with different career objectives enroll in these introductory course. Colleges face the challenge to create an applied programing curriculum which is interdisciplinary and applicable to students coming from different skill levels and with different career interests. In this paper, we share our experience of designing such an introductory course and addressing the associated challenges through an adaptive lecture and lab based curriculum, a digital and open-source textbook, and adaptive assignments. We also present an approach to increasing diversity in the high-school instruction pipeline by broadening student recruitment strategies and by empowering teachers at the non-expert level to incorporate programming instruction into their classrooms. We present an interdisciplinary curriculum to teaching introduction to programing courses to a diverse group of students.

Mon 23 Oct

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08:30 - 10:00
Tools and TechniquesSPLASH-E at Kensington
Chair(s): Joe Gibbs Politz University of California, San Diego
08:30
30m
Talk
(CER) Mastery Learning-Like Teaching with Achievements
SPLASH-E
Tobias Wrigstad Uppsala University, Elias Castegren Uppsala University
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09:00
30m
Talk
(CSES) Assessing the Usability of a Novel System for Programming Education
SPLASH-E
Giovanni Vincenti University of Baltimore, Scott Hilberg , James Braman , Michael Satzinger University of Baltimore, Lily Cao Towson University
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09:30
30m
Talk
(CSES) Applied and Adaptive Curriculum in Introductory to Computer Science Courses for Success in Diverse Student Groups
SPLASH-E
Aybuke Gul Turker University of Wisconsin - Madison, Christine Corbett Moran California Institute of Technology
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