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Inquiry-based computer science instruction: some initial experiences

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In computer science, as well as in other disciplines, it is critical to the success of the educational process that students become actively engaged with the material, rather than passive recipients of it. Ideally, this interaction will begin before the class meets on a particular topic, in a process known as inquiry-based learning. This paper describes some initial experiments with using technology to implement an inquiry-based learning paradigm.

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        cover image ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
        ACM SIGCSE Bulletin  Volume 30, Issue 3
        Sept. 1998
        313 pages
        ISSN:0097-8418
        DOI:10.1145/290320
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        • cover image ACM Conferences
          ITiCSE '98: Proceedings of the 6th annual conference on the teaching of computing and the 3rd annual conference on Integrating technology into computer science education: Changing the delivery of computer science education
          August 1998
          315 pages
          ISBN:1581130007
          DOI:10.1145/282991

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