Computer Science education is…

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The range of experience offered by the Computer Science education is quite diverse. While there are certain accreditation standards for the post-secondary education, there is little to dictate what should be taught in earlier years. As a result, high school level CS classes range from awesome to not-offered.

So for the most part, [...]

Increasing interest in Computer Science: Programming is about manipulating data

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There’s a disconcerting trend of a lack of interest in Computer Science, especially at the high school level. As a completely elective course, it’s usefulness and applicability needs to be established early on to retain the interest of students.

Many educators approach this problem via concentrating on a more practical and hands-on side [...]

Computer Science at Waterloo: the new Scheme of things

First-year computer science courses at the University of Waterloo will undergo a major revision in fall 2008. CS at UW is part of the Faculty of Mathematics, and all Math students (including not only CS and traditional Math students, but accountants, actuaries, statisticians, and many others) take two courses in CS as part of their [...]