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Spradling, Carol; Soh, Leen-Kiat; Ansorge, Charles J. – Computer Science Education, 2009
A national web-based survey was administered to 700 undergraduate computer science (CS) programs in the United States as part of a stratified random sample of 797 undergraduate CS programs. The 251 program responses (36% response rate) regarding social and professional issues are presented. This article describes the demographics of the…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Guidelines, Teacher Attitudes, Curriculum Design
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Soh, Leen-Kiat; Samal, Ashok; Nugent, Gwen – Computer Science Education, 2007
This paper describes the Reinventing Computer Science Curriculum Project at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Motivated by rapid and significant changes in the information technology and computing areas, high diversity in student aptitudes, and high dropout rates, the project designed and implemented an integrated instructional/research…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Curriculum Development, Integrated Curriculum, Introductory Courses
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Nugent, Gwen; Soh, Leen-Kiat; Samal, Ashok; Lang, Jeff – Computer Science Education, 2006
An introductory CS1 course presents problems for educators and students due to students' diverse background in programming knowledge and exposure. Students who enroll in CS1 also have different expectations and motivations. Prompted by the curricular guidelines for undergraduate programmes in computer science released in 2001 by the ACM/IEEE, and…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Computer Science Education, Program Implementation, Screening Tests