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Thinking about our teaching

Published: 01 June 2004 Publication History

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During a recent semester, our department faculty had several discussions concerning our disappointment with our students' quality of work. Obviously, we agreed, this cohort of students was not working hard enough. Those of us teaching senior-level courses somewhat politely suggested that the rest of us teaching introductory courses just weren't making those courses challenging enough. Come to think of it, this type of discussion seems to occur every semester --- some time between midterm and exams.

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cover image ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
ACM SIGCSE Bulletin  Volume 36, Issue 2
June 2004
108 pages
ISSN:0097-8418
DOI:10.1145/1024338
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Published: 01 June 2004
Published in SIGCSE Volume 36, Issue 2

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