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Computer systems “conference” for teaching communication skills

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In an effort to improve the communication skills of students, many universities are requiring computer science educators to include writing and speaking components in their courses. This paper describes an alternative to the classic term paper assignment. A "student conference" approach has been successfully employed in a junior-level computer systems course for five semesters. Each student performs an implementation and experimental study, then writes a research-style technical paper on this work. Students also participate in an anonymous review process, revise their own papers, and make oral presentations of their work. The structure of this conference approach, representative assignments, and observations are presented.

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        cover image ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
        ACM SIGCSE Bulletin  Volume 31, Issue 1
        March 1999
        370 pages
        ISSN:0097-8418
        DOI:10.1145/384266
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        • cover image ACM Conferences
          SIGCSE '99: The proceedings of the thirtieth SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
          March 1999
          383 pages
          ISBN:1581130856
          DOI:10.1145/299649
          • Chairmen:
          • Jane Prey,
          • Bob Noonan

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