Unanswered Questions
16 questions with no upvoted or accepted answers
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Creating Interactive Gnu/Linux shell programming courses
I am looking to create interactive workbooks that teach the Gnu/Linux terminal to students. This would be presented in such a way that one half of the screen is an interactive terminal, running the ...
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How does IB Computer Science compare with AP Computer Science?
I've taught AP Computer Science A for over a decade now, and an administrator has asked me to look into transitioning to IB. (We already have some programs in the school that use IB, so we would ...
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Small to medium scale exercises about Haskell's higher abstractions
Short version: Where can I find highly varying, small or medium-sized exercises and examples on the use, identification and instance declaration of Haskell's abstractions such as applicatives, monads, ...
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Using zyBooks and labs
Has anyone used zyBooks in their classes? I've seen some good comments on the SIGCSE list about them. I would primarily use this in our CS I class (Java) with their lab feature as a way to provide ...
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Angular vs React vs Vue
For a software course about rich client Javascript applications we want students to be able to choose what framework they will use. Now to give us a little bit of control we want them to be able to ...
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Hardware (cameras, headsets) for TEALS supported classrooms
We have TEALS (a NGO which supports CS education in US with programs that team industry professionals with CS classrooms - both in person and remotely) distance learning support for our CS classes - ...
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Curriculum choice for AP Computer Science A
We are currently researching what curriculum to use/adapt for the 2019-2020 school year. It will be our first year offering AP CSA. The students taking the class will have had 3-7 years of computers ...
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Need review of course content to check for correctness
I am planning a free JavaScript online video series, the first chapter covers the Javascript history and its capabilities. Following is a transcript of the video.
I would like it to be reviewed by ...
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Hackerrank challenges for a programming course: hide code and show only what is relevant?
I'm trying to create a programming competition with personalized challenges for my class, using Hackerrank.
The thing is: I need to show only the minimum relevant code to solve the challenge, and ...
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AP Computer Science Principles and Unity
I have taught AP Computer Science A for years, but I have not taught AP Computer Science Principles as of yet. My understanding of the course is that it's quite flexible on terms of languages taught.
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Which image rotation libraries use the Paeth algorithm?
I'm teaching linear algebra, and thought I'd show my students Paeth's rotation by shearing algorithm as a nice quick example of matrix manipulations. I'd like to include the information of which ...
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Is less than comparison more natural than greater than comparison?
I was teach on mathematics that on real line small numbers are on left and big numbers are on right. Therefore, I think the comparison 0<1 is more natural than 1>0, and in general, x less than y is ...
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Instructional Design Certification
I'm a technical trainer (part instructional designer, part trainer) and I would like to know: Is there a respected certification for ID similar to the CompTIA CTT+ for trainers.
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Is there a good book for combinatorics for programmers?
The book should be easy to read, or at least average. The level for reading such a book is the MATH and CS school curriculum. It should also be expanded on topics related to CS, and also be narrated ...
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Software tool as in Bret Victor's demo
Already last year I encountered the great http://worrydream.com/LearnableProgramming/ and it was much needed fresh air (while I was suffocating in my provided "textbooks": cobbled collections of ...
