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Ellen Spertus
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I am a computer science professor at Mills College. I used to work at Google on projects such as App Inventor (which I still contribute to), Blockly, and the Hour of Code. I have done research in computer architecture, compilers, artificial intelligence, information retrieval, and data mining.

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Is it better to lie to students or to be pedantic when teaching Intro CS?
May 7, 2018
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Why do computer-science majors learn calculus?
Apr 27, 2019
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How to convey how much computing power has grown since the 1960s?
Aug 4, 2017
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Why did the percentage of CS bachelor's degrees going to women peak in 1984?
Jul 23, 2017
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Should test cases be made available to students for assessed assignments?
Jun 25, 2017
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How to prepare students for bias in industry
Jun 26, 2017
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How do you encourage students to take criticism of their code constructively?
Jul 5, 2017
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How important is learning Binary for first-year college students?
Jun 22, 2017
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How to prepare students for bias in industry
Jun 26, 2017
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Should teachers enforce standardization of spacing and braces?
Jul 6, 2017
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How should we treat list questions?
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Do authors have to be politically correct in article-writing?
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Is multi-thread output from System.out.println interleaved
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Why are they called breadboards?
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Is praising students' aptitude harmful?
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Usability issue: Comment voting policy negatively affects people with minor tremor

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