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Computer Science at Staten Island Community College: Teaching Computer Science in an open admissions environment

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Teaching Computer Science on an open admissions campus with no tuition raises two major problems: many students are poorly prepared for college-level work; the students have extremely diverse aspirations and needs.

In response to this challenge, the Computer Science faculty at Staten Island Community College has evolved the teaching methods described below, which include use of a non-mathematical approach especially in lower-level courses, and a practical programming laboratory to be taken as a part of each course. In addition, a variety of new course and curriculum options have been developed.

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  3. 3 "Teaching Basic Computer Organization Through 'Microprogramming'", by Miriam R. Tausne, Proceedings of the Sixth Annual Workshop on Microprogramming, sponsored by the ACM SIGMICRO, September 1973, pp 166-167. Google ScholarGoogle ScholarDigital LibraryDigital Library

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      cover image ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
      ACM SIGCSE Bulletin  Volume 6, Issue 1
      Proceedings of the 4th SIGCSE symposium on Computer science education
      February 1974
      195 pages
      ISSN:0097-8418
      DOI:10.1145/953057
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        SIGCSE '74: Proceedings of the fourth SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
        January 1974
        194 pages
        ISBN:9781450374835
        DOI:10.1145/800183

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