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Has our curriculum become math-phobic? (an American perspective)
2000
ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
A major curricular implication of this theme is that the prerequisite expectations and conceptual level of the first discrete mathematics course should be the same as it is for the first calculus course ...
We are concerned about a view in undergraduate computer science education, especially in the early courses, that it's okay to be math-phobic and still prepare oneself to become a computer scientist. ...
Propositional logic and number systems A computer science student typically encounters the following code in a program in the CS1 course: if ( (i > n) && (a[i] ! ...
doi:10.1145/353519.343143
fatcat:oy5b5p6kxbcebp76gynd2uhbmy
Has our curriculum become math-phobic? (an American perspective)
2000
Proceedings of the 5th annual SIGCSE/SIGCUE ITiCSEconference on Innovation and technology in computer science education - ITiCSE '00
A major curricular implication of this theme is that the prerequisite expectations and conceptual level of the first discrete mathematics course should be the same as it is for the first calculus course ...
We are concerned about a view in undergraduate computer science education, especially in the early courses, that it's okay to be math-phobic and still prepare oneself to become a computer scientist. ...
relations and partitions), Propositional logic and number systems A computer science student typically encounters the following code in a program in the CS1 course: if ( (i > n) && (a[i] ! ...
doi:10.1145/343048.343143
dblp:conf/iticse/KelemenTHAB00
fatcat:ke5feg4drvf23ekhqjmfdvk67a
An undergraduate/graduate program in information systems
1974
Proceedings of the May 6-10, 1974, national computer conference and exposition on - AFIPS '74
Each option requires the student to choose a field of application in which he will complete 15 semester hours of course work or the equivalent of a double major. ...
Thus, the program is designed to prepare students for a career as a designer and manager of computer-based information systems. ...
The following is a collection of descriptions of undergraduate courses in information systems. Each course description specifies prerequisites or preparation expected of students taking the course. ...
doi:10.1145/1500175.1500243
dblp:conf/afips/Testa74
fatcat:cwekh6lo6fbgvaucyyqihkifv4
Philosophy of Education
1977
Social Theory and Practice
Among the challenges facing our students are: ▪ the uncertainties of our world in a time of new scientific, environmental, economic, political and social realities; ▪ problems related to our economic, ...
To accomplish this, our students must develop and utilize: ▪ intellectual curiosity and eagerness for lifelong learning ▪ a positive self-image based on a realistic acceptance of self ▪ the knowledge, ...
Students are recommended into this course by their art instructor based on performance in prior art courses. ...
doi:10.5840/soctheorpract1977437
fatcat:ly7e6vjrirckrdmrqgowitmesa
Quant data science meets dexterous artistry
2018
International Journal of Data Science and Analytics
However, there is much less agreement on the core aspects of representation, modeling, and analytics that involve huge and heterogeneous datasets. ...
The scientific community needs to build consensus about data science education and training curricula, including the necessary entry matriculation prerequisites and the expected learning competency outcomes ...
Blending human-machine interfaces and data-driven inference is required to improve the long-term odds of survival and increase the impact of future decision support systems that rely on large amounts of ...
doi:10.1007/s41060-018-0138-6
pmid:30923735
pmcid:PMC6433171
dblp:journals/ijdsa/Dinov19
fatcat:tf52uaml7rgobedv3xbcpzff64
Pervasive parallel and distributed computing in a liberal arts college curriculum
2017
Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing
[1] Instruction in parallel and distributed computing has traditionally been relegated to a few isolated courses, taught primarily in the context of scientific computing, distributed systems or computer ...
CS31 replaced a previous course in our curriculum on machine organization. The old course was not a prerequisite to any of our upper-level courses. ...
doi:10.1016/j.jpdc.2017.01.005
fatcat:qosmqaaegzflzabd53sk5k6bty
An Online Bioinformatics Curriculum
2012
PLoS Computational Biology
MIT also offers a higher-level course called ''Performance Engineering of Software Systems'' that focuses on performance analysis, algorithmic techniques for high performance, instruction-level optimizations ...
A plus to the right of a course symbol (whether prerequisite or core) indicates that advanced work in the topic area of that course is recommended for students in that track. ...
Independent Study Even in a university environment, it is not unusual for the classes that are necessary or desirable for a given course of study to be unavailable when needed. ...
doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002632
pmid:23028269
pmcid:PMC3441465
fatcat:n2ckzvbcf5fqfnw6vm4t7p3goi
Grade Prediction in Blended Learning Using Multisource Data
2021
Scientific Programming
In addition, the performance of the algorithm can be further improved by adding the grades of prerequisite courses. ...
In this paper, based on the behavior log data in four consecutive years of blended learning in a college's programming course, we propose a novel multiclassification frame to predict students' learning ...
Scientific Programming courses added is also superior to those of the other algorithms on the whole.5.2.4. ...
doi:10.1155/2021/4513610
fatcat:6nwppcg6kbbixdqyjkwhxahlze
DOES INFORMATION SYSTEMS SUFFER AN IDENTITY CRISIS? A CASE STUDY OF CONFUSION AND MISINFORMATION
2012
Issues in Information Systems
The proposed research seeks to provide understanding of why Information Systems continues to be a misunderstood discipline. ...
However, for many reasons, Information Systems still seems to have an identity problem in its constant comparison with Computer Science. ...
Skill sets changed from a focus on the computer to a focus on data processing in the context of doing business. ...
doi:10.48009/2_iis_2012_328-335
fatcat:poixqr2uondk3efcoelyvwmyei
Modernizing the Methods and Analytics Curricula for Health Science Doctoral Programs
2020
Frontiers in Public Health
Specifically, the paper presents a set of common prerequisites, a proposal for core computational and data analytic curriculum, and a list of expected outcome competencies for graduates of doctoral health ...
It responds to digital revolution pressures, ubiquitous proliferation of big biomedical data, substantial recent advances in scientific technologies, and rapid progress in health analytics. ...
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Many colleagues from the Statistics Online Computational Resource (SOCR), Center for Complexity and Self-management of Chronic Disease (CSCD), Big Data Discovery Science (BDDS), and the ...
doi:10.3389/fpubh.2020.00022
pmid:32117857
pmcid:PMC7031195
fatcat:algyhrhqwrgyphhmfweig3vriq
Assessing the Quantitative Skills of College Juniors
1995
The College Mathematics Journal
Also discussed are departmental needs and student capabilities revealed by assessment; three levels of quantitative expectations; patterns of student performance on quantitative tasks; and the impact of ...
Instructors use this item bank to develop a questionnaire involving the specific quantitative skills their students need as prerequisites for a particular course and give this test to students within the ...
Patterns of student performance on quantitative tasks. Our results in several Level I courses revealed gaps in the curricula of the mathematics and statistics departments. ...
doi:10.1080/07468342.1995.11973699
fatcat:dzocfcz3gbdfbcyipblv6mscjq
Medical Informatics Training at Columbia University and the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center
1995
IMIA Yearbook of Medical Informatics
We offer courses in medical informatics, formal degrees (M.A., M.Phil. and Ph.D.) and a postdoctoral training program. ...
Faculty research programs include work on the Integrated Advanced Information Management System (IAIMS), Unified Medical Language System (UMLS), High-Perfor-mance Computing and Communications (HPCC), Electronic ...
Acknowlegdment Supported in part by Gran LM07079 from the National Libr of Medicine ...
doi:10.1055/s-0038-1638029
fatcat:qhsid7gxqncc3i3eg6zddgn2pq
A data mining approach to guide students through the enrollment process based on academic performance
2011
User modeling and user-adapted interaction
The second attribute, named potential, is a measure of the competence of a student for a given course based on the grades obtained in related and Boosting, and a set of experiments was developed in order ...
To build this system, the CRISP-DM methodology was applied to data from students of the Computer Science Department at University of Lima, Perú. ...
-1650) and the University of Lima through the IDIC (Instituto de Investigación Científica). ...
doi:10.1007/s11257-011-9098-4
fatcat:vju3x6vl6jhidar32zbtly72ry
The interdisciplinary quantum information classroom: Themes from a survey of quantum information science instructors
[article]
2022
arXiv
pre-print
Here, we address this gap by reporting on the findings of a survey of instructors teaching introduction to QIS courses at institutions across the US, primarily at the undergraduate or hybrid undergraduate ...
Interdisciplinary introduction to quantum information science (QIS) courses are proliferating at universities across the US, but the experiences of instructors in these courses have remained largely unexplored ...
Acknowledgments Special thanks to Bianca Cervantes for her work identifying candidate courses to survey, Martin Laforest for his feedback on the faculty survey design, and to our faculty respondents and ...
arXiv:2202.05944v2
fatcat:s3uvodfybvhzlf6ih4qea4fcq4
Status of Elementary Teacher Development: Preparing Elementary Teachers to Deliver Technology and Engineering Experiences
2017
Journal of Technology Education
, and course offerings by the university governance system. ...
The university, through its academic advising system, will make every effort to help students adapt to changes in the catalog. ...
The Department of Chemistry Curriculum is certified by the Committee on Professional Training of the American Chemical Society. ...
doi:10.21061/jte.v28i2.a.1
fatcat:fwafnbtjazg4hcyfn73eur4rnq
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