A Computing Education Research Perspective on Programmable Programming Languages
Computing education researcher take on the implications of programmable programming languages
Mark Guzdial
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The Costs and Pleasures of a Computer Science Teacher
Mark Guzdial considers the enormous opportunity costs of computer science teachers, while Bertrand Meyer ponders the pleasures of arguing with graduate students.
Deciding When the Design is Wrong in Programming Languages and Education
When do we decide that errors are due to bad design in programming languges and education?
Protecting the Power Grid, and Finding Bias in Student Evaluations
The Communications Web site, http://cacm.acm.org, features more than a dozen bloggers in the BLOG@CACM community. In each issue of Communications, we'll publish selected posts or excerpts.twitterFollow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/blogCACMhttp://cacm.acm.org/blogs/blog-cacmJohn Arquilla considers the growth of cyberattacks on infrastructure, while Mark Guzdial wonders how beginning computer science students can possibly evaluate their teachers fairly.
Learning Computer Science Is Different Than Learning Other STEM Disciplines
Learning computer science has unique challenges that make it harder than learning other STEM disciplines.
The Real Costs of a Computer Science Teacher Are Opportunity Costs, and Those Are Enormous
It is hard to convince people to become CS teachers (K–12 or University) when the opportunities elsewhere are so lucrative.
Manipulating Word Representations, and Preparing Students For Coding Jobs?
Robin K. Hill mulls an aspect of natural language processing research, while Mark Guzdial ponders why coding is taught in public schools.
How Much CS Ed Will $1.3B Buy You? Not Enough to Reach Every U.S. School, Nor Every Child
The White House promises $200M/year for CS Ed, and the Tech industry promises $300M over 5 years. What can we get for that?
Measuring Student Self-Efficacy and Learning Trajectories For K-5 CS: ICER 2017 Trip Report
ICER 2017 features a new test of student belief and new theory about K-5 CS learning.
Coding in Schools as New Vocationalism: Larry Cuban on What Schools Are For
What are schools for, and is coding a necessary part of that?
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