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Integrating collaborative problem solving throughout the curriculum

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Our graduates are ill-prepared for entry positions in industry. This is the message from a 1994 NSF task force comprised of members from academia and industry. Among the specific deficiencies cited were problem-solving skills and the ability to work in groups. In a recent publication, the authors described a group problem-solving model, Group Zig Zag, based on the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. In this paper we show how the integration of a collaborative approach throughout the curriculum can be achieved by adopting the Group Zig Zag model.

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      cover image ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
      ACM SIGCSE Bulletin  Volume 28, Issue 1
      March 1996
      379 pages
      ISSN:0097-8418
      DOI:10.1145/236462
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        SIGCSE '96: Proceedings of the twenty-seventh SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
        March 1996
        447 pages
        ISBN:089791757X
        DOI:10.1145/236452

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