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Using lyrics and music to reinforce concepts

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Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, Volume 23, Issue 3

Pages 106 - 113

Published: 01 January 2008 Publication History

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We describe the use of new lyrics for old, well-known songs in a CS0 course on IT fluency. We also show how the music itself facilitates student understanding and retention of a set of key computing concepts. We conclude with results from a survey to assess student attitudes about the material from the course, along with pragmatic considerations and a brief discussion of future work.

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Schreiber BDougherty JCaspersen MEdwards SBarnes TGarcia D(2017)Assessment of Introducing Algorithms with Video Lectures and Pseudocode Rhymed to a MelodyProceedings of the 2017 ACM SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education10.1145/3017680.3017789(519-524)Online publication date: 8-Mar-2017
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3017680.3017789
Di Vano DMirolo CRößling GNaps TSpannagel C(2011)"Computer science and nursery rhymes"Proceedings of the 16th annual joint conference on Innovation and technology in computer science education10.1145/1999747.1999815(238-242)Online publication date: 27-Jun-2011
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1999747.1999815

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Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges Volume 23, Issue 3

January 2008

173 pages

ISSN:1937-4771

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Schreiber BDougherty JCaspersen MEdwards SBarnes TGarcia D(2017)Assessment of Introducing Algorithms with Video Lectures and Pseudocode Rhymed to a MelodyProceedings of the 2017 ACM SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education10.1145/3017680.3017789(519-524)Online publication date: 8-Mar-2017
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3017680.3017789
Di Vano DMirolo CRößling GNaps TSpannagel C(2011)"Computer science and nursery rhymes"Proceedings of the 16th annual joint conference on Innovation and technology in computer science education10.1145/1999747.1999815(238-242)Online publication date: 27-Jun-2011
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1999747.1999815

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