A student raises his hand, sounding irritated and wronged. The look on this 11-year-old’s face seems almost accusatory; his code is not running and he sounds as if it is the teacher’s fault. During my ...
OAKLAND, Calif. (KTVU) - This week students around the country and around the world were challenged to up their computer programming game as part of "Computer Science Education Week." At Hillcrest ...
In a recent Guardian op-ed, Ben Tarnoff claims to expose a nefarious reason behind schools’ push to add computer science requirements to their core curriculum. “The campaign for code education isn’t ...
Bryan Gonzalez works on a class assignment during a DeltaV class in April at the Geonetric Building, 415 12th Ave. SE, in Cedar Rapids. Gonzalez went from student to teacher when he began teaching ...
To most Stanford students, CS 106A: Programming Methodology is a rite of passage: each year, the introductory programming course supports over 1,600 students from all academic disciplines. However, ...
Every era demands—and rewards—different skills. In different times and different places, we have taught our children to grow vegetables, build a house, forge a sword or blow a delicate glass, bake ...