ACM SIGCSE Bulletin, Volume 37

Volume 37, Number 1, February 2005

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  Wanda P. Dann, Thomas L. Naps, Paul T. Tymann, Doug Baldwin:
  Proceedings of the 36th SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, SIGCSE 2005, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, February 23-27, 2005. ACM 2005, ISBN 1-58113-997-7 [contents]

Volume 37, Number 2, June 2005

Invited editorial

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  Anthony Ralston:
  Do we need ANY mathematics in computer science curricula? 6-9

Taking the high road

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  C. Dianne Martin:
  Preparing the STEM workforce of the 21^st century: report on a report. 10-11

Reflections

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  Michael R. Williams:
  Reflections on standards. 11-12

Thinking ISsues

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  Tony Clear:
  Comprehending large code bases - the skills required for working in a "brown fields" environment. 12-14

CS research

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  Raymond Lister:
  Grand challenges. 14-15

Classroom issues

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  Henry MacKay Walker:
  Mathematics and CS topics in the CS classroom. 15-17

Community college corner

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  Robert D. Campbell:
  Associate-degree transfer curriculum in software engineering. 17-18

Upsilon Pi Epsilon

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  Jeffrey L. Popyack:
  Honor societies, college and service. 18-20

Math CountS

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  Peter B. Henderson:
  Mathematics in the curricula. 20-22

Colorful challenges

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  David Ginat:
  Tuple enumeration. 22-23

Nifty assignments

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  Nick Parlante:
  What is computer science? 24-25

Featured column

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  John Impagliazzo:
  Meet our columnists for this issue. 26

Reviewed papers

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  Jeffrey J. McConnell:
  Active and cooperative learning: tips and tricks (part I). 27-30
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  Muhammad Samaka:
  Using a faculty portfolio in the distinction of teaching. 31-35
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  Chenglie Hu:
  2D array implementation of sorted lists. 36-40
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  Tom M. Warms:
  The power of notation: modeling pointer operations. 41-45
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  Timothy J. Rolfe:
  List processing: sort again, naturally. 46-48
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  Anthony Savidis:
  Introductory teaching of imperative programming through an anthropomorphic computation model. 49-53
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  Torben Lorenzen, Joseph Michaud:
  Teach 2D graphics concepts with an OpenGL graphing program. 54-55
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  Steven C. Shaffer:
  Ludwig: an online programming tutoring and assessment system. 56-60
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  Yannis Manolopoulos:
  On the number of recursive calls of recursive functions. 61-64
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  Yair Wiseman:
  Advanced non-distributed operating systems course. 65-69
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  Georgios K. Tegos, Diana V. Stoyanova, Kolyo Z. Onkov:
  E-learning of trend modeling in a web-environment. 70-74
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  Orit Hazzan:
  Professional development workshop for female software engineers. 75-79
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  Tracy L. Lewis, Wanda J. Smith:
  The computer science debate: it's a matter of perspective. 80-84
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  Lisa M. Olivieri:
  High school environments and girls' interest in computer science. 85-88
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  Sally H. Moritz, Glenn D. Blank:
  A design-first curriculum for teaching Java in a CS1 course. 89-93
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  Richard H. James:
  External sponsored projects: lessons learned. 94-98
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  Trudy Howles:
  Community and accountability in a first year programming sequence. 99-102
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  Theresa Beaubouef, John Mason:
  Why the high attrition rate for computer science students: some thoughts and observations. 103-106
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  Rose K. Shumba:
  Usability of Rational Rose and Visio in a software engineering course. 107-110

Reprint

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  Kim B. Bruce:
  Controversy on how to teach CS 1: a discussion on the SIGCSE-members mailing list. 111-117

Volume 37, Number 3, September 2005

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  José C. Cunha, William M. Fleischman, Viera K. Proulx, João Lourenço:
  Proceedings of the 10th Annual SIGCSE Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, ITiCSE 2005, Caparica, Portugal, June 27-29, 2005. ACM 2005, ISBN 1-59593-024-8 [contents]

Volume 37, Number 4, December 2005

Invited editorial

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  Thelma Estrin, Frederik Nebeker:
  An interview with Thelma Estrin. 6-13

Thinking professionally

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  Don Gotterbarn:
  Antipodal shock: professionalism turned upside down. 14-15

Thinking ISsues

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  Tony Clear:
  Disciplined design practices: a role for refactoring in software engineering? 15-16

IS education

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  John T. Gorgone:
  Information systems: program location, business component, and accreditation. 16-18

CS research

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  Raymond Lister:
  Mixed methods: positivists are from Mars, constructivists are from Venus. 18-19

Classroom issues

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  Henry MacKay Walker:
  What should be in a syllabus? 19-21

Community college corner

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  Robert D. Campbell:
  Forthcoming activities in the two-year college setting. 21-22

Upsilon Pi Epsilon

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  Jeffrey Popyack:
  Recognizing outstanding achievement. 22-24

Math CountS

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  Peter B. Henderson:
  One-minute column. 24-26

Colorful challenges

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  David Ginat:
  Queens on a chessboard. 26-27

Nifty assignments

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  Nick Parlante:
  A day for CS education. 27-28

Reviewed Papers

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  C. Dianne Martin:
  Removing the veil: personal reflections on educating women in Dubai. 30-33
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  Jeffrey J. McConnell:
  Active and cooperative learning: more tips and tricks (part II). 34-38
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  Mordechai Ben-Ari:
  Minesweeper as an NP-complete problem. 39-40
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  Thomas A. Standish, Norman Jacobson:
  Using O(n) ProxmapSort and O(1) ProxmapSearch to motivate CS2 students (Part I). 41-44
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  Said Hadjerrouit:
  Constructivism as guiding philosophy for software engineering education. 45-49
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  Fereydoun Kazemian, Trudy Howles:
  A software testing course for computer science majors. 50-53
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  Tom Goulding, Rita DiTrolio:
  Incorporating realistic constraints into a student team software project. 54-58
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  Leo Hitchcock:
  Industry certification: value, validity, and a place for SoDIS®. 59-63
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  Mingshen Wu:
  Teaching graph algorithms using online java package IAPPGA. 64-68
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  Nell B. Dale:
  Content and emphasis in CS1. 69-73
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  Azwina M. Yusof, Rukaini Abdullah:
  The evolution of programming courses: course curriculum, students, and their performance. 74-78
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  Tami Lapidot, Orit Hazzan:
  Song debugging: merging content and pedagogy in computer science education. 79-83
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  John Aycock, Jim Uhl:
  Choice in the classroom. 84-88
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  Yiu-chi Lai:
  Teaching computer applications to pre-school teachers through problem based learning approach. 89-92
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  Rachel Or-Bach:
  Educational benefits of metadata creation by students. 93-97
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  Rathika Rajaravivarma:
  A games-based approach for teaching the introductory programming course. 98-102
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  Jonathan P. Sorenson:
  An honors course on Alan M. Turing. 103-106
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  Nelishia Pillay, Vikash R. Jugoo:
  An investigation into student characteristics affecting novice programming performance. 107-110
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  William J. Klinger:
  Stanislavski and computer science. 111-114

ITiCSE 2005 working group reports

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  Thomas L. Naps, Guido Rößling, Peter Brusilovsky, John English, Duane J. Jarc, Ville Karavirta, Charles Leska, Myles F. McNally, Andrés Moreno, Rockford J. Ross, Jaime Urquiza-Fuentes:
  Development of XML-based tools to support user interaction with algorithm visualization. 123-138
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  Ursula Fuller, June Amillo, Cary Laxer, W. Michael McCracken, Joseph Mertz:
  Facilitating student learning through study abroad and international projects. 139-151
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  Arnold Pears, Stephen Seidman, Crystal Eney, Päivi Kinnunen, Lauri Malmi:
  Constructing a core literature for computing education research. 152-161
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  Lillian N. Cassel, Anneke Hacquebard, Andrew D. McGettrick, Gordon Davies, Richard J. LeBlanc, Charles Riedesel, Yaakov L. Varol, Gail T. Finley, Samuel Mann, Robert H. Sloan:
  A synthesis of computing concepts. 162-172
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  Vicki L. Almstrum, Lecia Jane Barker, Barbara Boucher Owens, Elizabeth S. Adams, William Aspray, Nell B. Dale, Wanda P. Dann, Andrea Lawrence, Leslie Schwartzman:
  Building a sense of history: narratives and pathways of women computing educators. 173-189