Robert C. Duvall

Conference SIGCSE 2021 Proceedings of the 52nd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education · March 3, 2021 Scrumage (SCRUM for AGile Education) is a recently proposed classroom management technique in which students are given autonomy to choose individually from a variety of pedagogies (e.g., traditional lectures, active learning, a flipped-based ap-proach, etc ... Full text Cite

A Study of the Scrumage Teaching Approach: Student Learning and Attitude Changes

Conference 2020 Research on Equity and Sustained Participation in Engineering Computing and Technology Respect 2020 Proceedings · March 10, 2020 Best practices for teaching a diverse population include incorporating several modes of instruction, providing a variety of resources, and encouraging collaboration. However, traditional classroom management does not necessarily support these best practice ... Full text Cite

Scrumage: A method for incorporating multiple, simultaneous pedagogical styles in the classroom

Conference SIGCSE 2018 Proceedings of the 49th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education · February 21, 2018 Pedagogical approaches abound in computer science. Common approaches include flipped classrooms, active learning, gamification, and the traditional lecture-based approach. There are also a wide variety of computer science learning materials including video ... Full text Cite

Automatic environment adjustment for emotional disabilities

Conference Assets 2017 Proceedings of the 19th International ACM Sigaccess Conference on Computers and Accessibility · October 19, 2017 One often-overlooked area for assistive technology is help for those with emotional needs. Since these individuals may not emote in a typical way, most techniques for affective computing will not work for this population. Further, the applications that det ... Full text Cite

Analyzing student work patterns using programming exercise data

Journal Article SIGCSE 2015 Proceedings of the 46th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education · February 24, 2015 Web-based programming exercises are a useful way for students to practice and master essential concepts and techniques presented in introductory programming courses. Although these systems are used fairly widely, we have a limited understanding of how stud ... Full text Cite

A snapshot of studio based learning: Code reviews as a means of community building

Journal Article Proceedings of the Conference on Object Oriented Programming Systems Languages and Applications OOPSLA · December 1, 2008 Studio Based Learning is an educational process that has found more success in the humanities than the sciences. In these disciplines most learning is done in the studio, with apprentices and journeymen working at the elbow of a practicing master. When app ... Full text Cite

Everything i needed to know about teaching i learned in kindergarten: Bringing elementary education techniques to undergraduate computer science classes

Journal Article Proceedings of the Thirty Seventh SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education · December 1, 2007 By expanding the teaching styles used in computer science classrooms, we can expand the audience of students that enjoy and excel in technology. Rather than focusing on major curriculum changes or new programs specifically for non-traditional students, we ... Full text Cite

Active learning in small to large courses

Journal Article Proceedings Frontiers in Education Conference · December 1, 2002 This paper presents our experiences promoting active learning in programming courses from introductory to advanced levels. We use a variety of techniques as our courses vary greatly in size and our facilities vary in layout and equipment. For large lecture ... Cite

Thinking about binary trees in an object-oriented world

Journal Article SIGCSE Bulletin Association for Computing Machinery Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education · January 1, 1996 The Binary Search Tree serves as an important example when teaching data structures. We explore new approaches to understanding the implementation of a Binary Search Tree, using concepts from Object-Oriented Programming and C++. The Binary Search Tree illu ... Full text Cite