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Python First: A Lab-Based Digital Introduction To Computer Science, Atanas Radenski
Python First: A Lab-Based Digital Introduction To Computer Science, Atanas Radenski
Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Science Faculty Articles and Research
The emphasis on Java and other commercial languages in CS1 has established the perception of computer science as a dry and technically difficult discipline among undecided students who are still seeking careers. This may not be a big problem during an enrolment boom, but in times of decreased enrolment such negative perception may have a devastating effect on computer science programs and therefore should not be ignored. We have made our CS1 course offerings more attractive to students (1) by introducing an easy to learn yet effective scripting language - Python, (2) by making all course resources available in a …
Inside Alternatively Powered Vehicles: The Problems And The Possibilities, Roxanne Greitz Miller
Inside Alternatively Powered Vehicles: The Problems And The Possibilities, Roxanne Greitz Miller
Education Faculty Articles and Research
This article explores alternatively powered vehicles.
Inside Global Warming, Roxanne Greitz Miller
Inside Global Warming, Roxanne Greitz Miller
Education Faculty Articles and Research
Over the last 15 years, much attention has been given to global warming, and whether the increase in the Earth's temperature in recent decades threatens the survival of life on Earth. Release of the films The Day After Tomorrow (2004), where North America is rapidly plunged into a new ice age, and An Inconvenient Truth (2006), where Al Gore focuses on the future impacts of global warming, has raised much public and media attention on the subject. As such, it's important that science teachers understand the basics behind the scientific phenomenon, the controversy surrounding the topic, and how to discuss …