• DocumentCode
    3207619
  • Title

    Work in progress — Vertically integrated teams to inspire student interest in computing

  • Author

    Hislop, Gregory W. ; Towhidnejad, Massood ; Marcy, William M.

  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    12-15 Oct. 2011
  • Abstract
    This WIP discusses Inspire-CT, an NSF-funded, multi-institutional project that is exploring ways to share the excitement and engagement of advanced computing courses with pre-college and introductory undergraduate students. The discussion includes examples of initial educational activities and a summary of results, issues, and future plans.
  • Keywords
    computer science education; educational courses; Inspire-CT; NSF-funded multiinstitutional project; advanced computing courses; educational activities; introductory undergraduate students; precollege students; student interest; vertically integrated teams; Cities and towns; Conferences; Data models; Educational activities; Educational institutions; Materials; Programming; Computing education; capstone design; computational thinking; team projects;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), 2011
  • Conference_Location
    Rapid City, SD
  • ISSN
    0190-5848
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-61284-468-8
  • Electronic_ISBN
    0190-5848
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/FIE.2011.6143107
  • Filename
    6143107