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Introductory programming meets the real world: using real problems and data in CS1

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SIGCSE '14: Proceedings of the 45th ACM technical symposium on Computer science education

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March 2014

800 pages

ISBN:9781450326056

DOI:10.1145/2538862

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Georgia Gwinnett College
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Rochester Institute of Technology
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University of British Columbia

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