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CSS diner is a game for learning CSS selectors. But it goes "into the woods" relatively quickly, focusing more on breath of selectors than on mastery of fundamentals Can it be productively ...

I have had good results, and happy students, using "CSS diner" to teach CSS selectors (I will share more in another question). And one of my students asked me if there is a similar game for ...

I have upgraded to java.nio.file for doing fileIO in Java. It simplifies things. The key class: java.nio.file.Files, a static service class for fileio and interface java.nio.file.Path with default ...

There is a lot of good research on how to teach introductory programming. But maybe(?) more important to most students is the ability to use a spreadsheet. What is the best way to teach introductory ...

My background: I have completed the course CS50X which covered C, python, web development, and some data structures in C. I can currently use C, python, and javascript. I want to learn C++ and I ...

I have hit a plateau in learning to program in that while I know CS concepts and I can read and write a program such as a diminished find clone, I cannot create ...

I am creating an exam, and I would like to try to incorporate a few Parsons Problems. I am beginning to wonder if this is reasonably possible. The advantages are (1) it allows struggling students to ...

Background Hello, I am a third year undergraduate in CS. I am eager to pursue higher education from one of the best institutes in out country. For that I need to write a competitive exam, named GATE ...

Good day. I want to start learning Java from scratch. But as a beginner, I don't know where to start or what to learn first. I have basic knowledge in C++ but Java is an entirely new area to me. Can ...

I am looking for some introductions to the actor model. I don't mind books in specific programming languages, as long as they don't distract away or restrict the presentation of the model Is this a ...

I came accross this handout of aiunplugged, specifically the topic of reinforcment learning (on page 12). I planned to do this boardgame, where students experience the concept of reinforcement ...

My niece is 11 this year and has shown a surprisingly deep interest in programming. She will spend hours on Khan Academy, using their javascript/processingjs environment. This is educational, but it's ...

Several years ago, I put together this little memory address exploration for my students to help them to understand pointers, arrays, the stack, and the heap. I just compiled and ran it in a new ...

I'm teaching an undergrad Intro to Programming for Non-majors this semester (in Python) and I'm looking for some fun projects for my students that are engaging but not too difficult for them. This is ...

I am currently teaching in a community college that includes teaching introductory programming course in C++. I also have a colleague who is currently teaching ...

Due to the coronavirus crisis, internships became hard to come by, due to companies not being able to house any students. So local colleges/companies made an arrangement in which one company would set ...

I have to teach an Intro to Programming class of students with some exposure to proccedural programming, arrays and loops etc. However, they have not taken any course in oop and templates. It is a ...

I'm currently as a TA developing a series of programming assignments for a bachelor course on machine learning. Since we expect the number of students taking this course to grow in the future, we're ...

Who has ever used Charles Petzold's book "Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software" in the classroom with sixth graders? What exercises could be given to them along with ...

I wanted to analyze the history of educational programming languages and their evolution up to the present (and probably make the presentation out of it for middle schoolers). Can you recommend any ...

Reading this question Do we really need OO languages to manage software complexity? on one of SE sites and my own experiences in teaching object-oriented concept, e.g. Some real practical example to ...

Due to the Corona crisis I was forced in to a temporary career switch. Currently I am working as a sort of "supervisor" for students in a controlled environment where they do projects ...

Not because one would want to take on two tasks, but so that if one project is already filled/assigned,they could be assigned another one,instead of being turned down from the organization I have ...

I'm looking for a function or algorithm that requires extensive bit manipulation, but is not complicated in its nature and purpose, so that students remain focused on bit operations. Now I use Win32 ...

Good day, I have learnt the basics of C++ and now know how to write simple console applications using codeblocks. I would very much like to create a fully functional application like a calendar or ...

In my course we discuss algorithms (greedy, dp, div & conquer, etc.) and efficiency. Do you have any experience with assignments that consider also time of execution as a criterion for grading? Do ...

Has anyone tried live polling during (in-person or remote synchronous) class? I was planning to use Poll Everywhere, but they don't allow for long questions containing code. There's a new service ...

I am about to start my second semester of community college with the intention of transferring to a state university, where I will pursue a degree in computer science. I think this is a good fit for ...

I am bad at memorizing things. So could anyone recommend me some mnemonics, so that I can remember the fields of the header... Thank you.

I'm adding a bit about k-maps to my processors course, but being unfamiliar with them until now, I want to check that I am covering the correct things. Here is what I am currently covering: How k-...

I have taught my high school students to write some simple python scripts, taking some ideas from "Automate the Boring Stuff with Python", e.g. changing file names in a folder to a specific ...

Tl;dr - the subject is enough. For background, read below. I am a professional, freelance, embedded software developer. I first learned about C++ in the 90s and taught myself from a book C++ for C ...

Most technologists have some basic understanding of quantum computing. Quantum bits are represented by qubits, and information isn’t simply a zero or one, it can be both at the same time, representing ...

I am teaching some high school students, also the first time programmers, some basic programming concepts and applications. When introducing loop I find that using it to check prime number (or find ...

What to recommend as a pre-requisite reading before Cormen's "Algorithms" to make this book easier to get through for 10-12th graders? Any courseware available for kids, books, courses, etc.?...

I want to teach students about default function arguments. I have a bad habit of cooking-up contrived examples. To prove that I am not a student cheating on their homework, I shall provide you with ...

I am looking for an elegant text book to be followed for self study in an objected oriented programming course at the undergraduate level. Our course is as shown: I humbly request to suggest me a ...

I am currently in my first year (in Bangalore, India) and I'm eager to get into competitive coding and programs like GSOC. I'm not aware of too many besides the two in my title, though. I'd love to ...

I present to you two scenarios that are different, but not enough to warrant two questions. Scenario 1: You discover that a student copied some section of the code verbatim from the docs of some ...

I am teaching logic gates. I would like to know if anyone knows if there are any conventions for writing combinations of logic gate functions. For example ...

I am looking for books on computers, in a now special sense: https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/computer ...

Background I am currently working with a university to design an online Machine Learning and Cloud Computing course. We are closely following Hands-On Machine Learning by Geron. The author of this ...

I am currently in the 10th grade. I would like to get started in competitive programming. This are the things I know now: Mathematics - Currently in pre-calculus Well Mathematics in my country is ...

I am supervising a team that is currently trying to build an online competitive programming course/school for a collection of high-schools in Turkey that all belong to a certain private educational ...

Good afternoon, colleagues! We're planning a year-long intro course to computer science for middle schoolers and going to use Logo as a main language but also looking for alternatives available to 5-...

Are there any list of concepts re computer science? I'm a uni student with gaps of time in study due to illness and I want to revise things, but because of reduced course loads and weird ordering due ...

Are there practical applications (or other reasons) to teach (2,3) and AVL search trees with both keys and the associated information (as opposed to only search keys) in the internal nodes, as opposed ...

I found two books which both seem about distributed computing based on their titles: Cachin, C., Guerraoui, R. and Rodrigues, L. (2011) Introduction to Reliable and Secure Distributed Programming. ...

I found that Advanced Programming Unix Environment and The Linux Programming Interface provide specific programming knowledge to me, compared to the concepts introduced in OS text books such as the ...

I have just graduated from university with a B.S. in Economics. I am looking into changing fields into something less abstract and more practical, Computer Science. I have the choice between a couple ...