Glenn D. Blank, Sally Hiest, Fang Wei
Preconceived ideas about computer science may discourage students, especially women and minorities, from pursuing study in the field. Many of these common, but negative stereotypes are...
Editorial Staff, Glenn D. Blank, Editorjohn B. Gatewood
This newsletter is published twiceeach year, in spring and fall issues, by the Cognitive Science Program atLehigh University. Its purpose is to inform faculty and students about theinterdisciplinary...
Glenn D. Blank, John B. Gatewood, Norman P. Melchert, Padraig G. O'seaghdha, Andy Clark
This newsletter is published twice each year, in spring and fall issues, by the Cognitive Science Program at Lehigh University. Its purpose is to inform faculty and students about the...
A design-first curriculum for teaching Java in a CS1 course (2005)
Sally H. Moritz, Glenn D. Blank
Pedagogies for teaching object-oriented programming in an introductory course are still under much debate. We present a design-first approach, which teaches problem-solving techniques using elements...
From objects-first to design-first with multimedia and intelligent tutoring (2005)
Sally H. Moritz, Fang Wei, Shahida M. Parvez, Glenn D. Blank
“Objects-first ” is an increasingly popular strategy for teaching object-oriented programming by introducing the concepts of objects, classes, and instances before procedural elements of a...
Multimedia for computer science: from CS0 to grades 7-12 (2003)
Glenn D. Blank, William M. Pottenger, Shreeram Sahasrabudhe, Shenzhi Li, Fang Wei, Henry Odi
Abstract: The pipeline for women and minorities entering CS/IT is shrinking. Using a combination of multimedia e-learning and mentoring, we seek to widen the pipeline in both first year college...
Demonstration tools for Collaborative E-Learning (2002)
Qiang Wang Drew, Qiang Wang, G. Drew Kessler, Glenn D. Blank, William M. Pottenger
We describe a demonstration tool for teaching assistants, a synchronous/different place groupware application developed to encourage students to interact with instructors and TA's through...