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Studies have shown that novice programmers face unnecessary obstacles when they are enrolled in an introductory course alongside students with previous programming experience. Thus a recommended best practice is to have separate courses or separate sections for novice and experienced students in introductory programming courses. At Michigan Tech we have two starting points for our introductory sequence...
In November 2014, Michigan Technological University's departments of computer science (CS) and electrical and computer engineering (ECE) were selected to participate in NCWIT's Extension Services for Undergraduate Programs (ES-UP). ES-UP, supported by NSF and Google, is designed to help departments develop strategies to recruit and retain women in computing and engineering majors. Both departments...
One of the original motivations for research in qualitative physics was the development of intelligent tutoring systems and learning environments for physical domains and complex systems. This article demonstrates how a synergistic combination of qualitative reasoning and other AI techniques can be used to create an intelligent learning environment for students learning to analyze and design thermodynamic...
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