Eric Roberts
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Average citations per article7.02
Citation Count358
Publication count51
Publication years1989-2013
Available for download42
Average downloads per article474.90
Downloads (cumulative)19,946
Downloads (12 Months)755
Downloads (6 Weeks)153
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1 published by ACM
A portable graphics library for introductory CS
Eric Roberts, Keith Schwarz
July 2013 ITiCSE '13: Proceedings of the 18th ACM conference on Innovation and technology in computer science education
Publisher: ACM
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Citation Count: 1
Downloads (6 Weeks): 1,   Downloads (12 Months): 16,   Downloads (Overall): 118

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For several decades, instructors who focus on introductory computer science courses have recognized the value of graphical examples. Supporting a graphics library that is appropriate for beginning students has become more difficult over time. This paper describes a new approach to building a graphics library that allows for multiple source ...
Keywords: cs2, libraries, cs1, graphics

2 published by ACM
Nifty assignments
Nick Parlante, Julie Zelenski, Michelle Craig, John DeNero, Mark Guzdial, David J. Malan, Aditi Muralidharan, Eric Roberts, Kevin Wayne
March 2013 SIGCSE '13: Proceeding of the 44th ACM technical symposium on Computer science education
Publisher: ACM
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Citation Count: 2
Downloads (6 Weeks): 4,   Downloads (12 Months): 16,   Downloads (Overall): 109

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Every time I re-use a handout, I look it over and make a few little "improvements". I play around with code demos and entertain myself with different slide transitions. However, inevitably, I return to the conclusion that most of what my students learn in my course comes from the assignments. ...
Keywords: pedagogy, examples, repository, assignments, education, homeworks, library, nifty

3 published by ACM
Meeting the challenges of rising enrollments
August 2011 ACM Inroads: Volume 2 Issue 3, September 2011
Publisher: ACM
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Citation Count: 6
Downloads (6 Weeks): 5,   Downloads (12 Months): 16,   Downloads (Overall): 446

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FOR MOST OF THE LAST DECADE, the number of computer science majors declined signifi cantly at colleges and universities throughout the United States, in spite of continuing demand from industry for graduates in the fi eld. In the last few years, however, many institutions have witnessed a dramatic turnaround in ...

4 published by ACM
Recognizing the most influential CS education papers
David G. Kay, Kim B. Bruce, Michael Clancy, Nell Dale, Mark Guzdial, Eric Roberts
March 2010 SIGCSE '10: Proceedings of the 41st ACM technical symposium on Computer science education
Publisher: ACM
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Citation Count: 1
Downloads (6 Weeks): 1,   Downloads (12 Months): 7,   Downloads (Overall): 311

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This special session is devoted to identifying the CS education papers of the 20th century that have had the greatest influence on our practice of CS education today. The point is not primarily to produce the list of papers; rather it is to derive criteria, principles, and practices for identifying ...
Keywords: influential papers, publication process, awards, recognition of excellence

5 published by ACM
Computational thinking (CT): on weaving it in
Paul Curzon, Joan Peckham, Harriet Taylor, Amber Settle, Eric Roberts
July 2009 ITiCSE '09: Proceedings of the 14th annual ACM SIGCSE conference on Innovation and technology in computer science education
Publisher: ACM
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Citation Count: 6
Downloads (6 Weeks): 4,   Downloads (12 Months): 55,   Downloads (Overall): 516

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Keywords: curriculum, education, computational thinking
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August 2009  ACM SIGCSE Bulletin - ITiCSE '09: Volume 41 Issue 3, September 2009

6 published by ACM
March 2009 SIGCSE '09: Proceedings of the 40th ACM technical symposium on Computer science education
Publisher: ACM
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Citation Count: 9
Downloads (6 Weeks): 5,   Downloads (12 Months): 19,   Downloads (Overall): 268

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At the SIGCSE Symposium in 2007, the ACM Education Board organized a well-attended special session exploring the crisis in computing education and its underlying causes. The idea behind the session was to provide a forum at which a larger and more broadly representative subset of the education community could engage ...
Keywords: computer science education
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March 2009  ACM SIGCSE Bulletin - SIGCSE '09: Volume 41 Issue 1, March 2009

7 published by ACM
Stephen J. Andriole, Eric Roberts
July 2008 Communications of the ACM - Web science: Volume 51 Issue 7, July 2008
Publisher: ACM
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Citation Count: 10
Downloads (6 Weeks): 10,   Downloads (12 Months): 156,   Downloads (Overall): 3,486

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In case you missed IT, the world has changed.

8 published by ACM
March 2008 SIGCSE '08: Proceedings of the 39th SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
Publisher: ACM
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Citation Count: 11
Downloads (6 Weeks): 4,   Downloads (12 Months): 14,   Downloads (Overall): 306

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Keywords: computer science education
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February 2008  ACM SIGCSE Bulletin - SIGCSE 08: Volume 40 Issue 1, March 2008

9 published by ACM
The current crisis in computing: what are the real issues?
March 2007 SIGCSE '07: Proceedings of the 38th SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
Publisher: ACM
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Citation Count: 19
Downloads (6 Weeks): 6,   Downloads (12 Months): 26,   Downloads (Overall): 524

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Keywords: computer science education
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March 2007  ACM SIGCSE Bulletin: Volume 39 Issue 1, March 2007

10 published by ACM
Resurrecting the applet paradigm
March 2007 SIGCSE '07: Proceedings of the 38th SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
Publisher: ACM
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Citation Count: 1
Downloads (6 Weeks): 20,   Downloads (12 Months): 28,   Downloads (Overall): 282

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Since the introduction of Java in 1995, educators have recognized the potential of Java applets as an educational resource. Sadly, the continuing evolution of Java has made it harder to use applets, largely because it is so difficult to keep those applets compatible with the many different versions of the ...
Keywords: teaching resources, Java, applet
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March 2007  ACM SIGCSE Bulletin: Volume 39 Issue 1, March 2007

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The Art and Science of Java
February 2007
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Citation Count: 1


12 published by ACM
An interactive tutorial system for Java
March 2006 SIGCSE '06: Proceedings of the 37th SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
Publisher: ACM
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Citation Count: 2
Downloads (6 Weeks): 5,   Downloads (12 Months): 14,   Downloads (Overall): 445

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As part of the documentation for its library packages, the Java Task Force (JTF)developed an online tutorial system that enables teachers and students to explore the resources provided by the Task Force in a highly interactive style. The individual pages that make up the tutorial often include demonstration programs that ...
Keywords: CS1, computer science education, Java, teaching libraries
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March 2006  ACM SIGCSE Bulletin: Volume 38 Issue 1, March 2006

13 published by ACM
The ACM java task force: final report
Eric Roberts, Kim Bruce, James H. Cross, II, Robb Cutler, Scott Grissom, Karl Klee, Susan Rodger, Fran Trees, Ian Utting, Frank Yellin
March 2006 SIGCSE '06: Proceedings of the 37th SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
Publisher: ACM
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Citation Count: 11
Downloads (6 Weeks): 1,   Downloads (12 Months): 5,   Downloads (Overall): 293

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Keywords: CS1, computer science education, teaching libraries, java
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March 2006  ACM SIGCSE Bulletin: Volume 38 Issue 1, March 2006

14 published by ACM
Nifty assignments
Nick Parlante, Steven A. Wolfman, Lester I. McCann, Eric Roberts, Chris Nevison, John Motil, Jerry Cain, Stuart Reges
March 2006 SIGCSE '06: Proceedings of the 37th SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
Publisher: ACM
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Citation Count: 4
Downloads (6 Weeks): 2,   Downloads (12 Months): 8,   Downloads (Overall): 406

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Keywords: repository, assignments, education, homeworks, library, nifty, object oriented programming, projects
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March 2006  ACM SIGCSE Bulletin: Volume 38 Issue 1, March 2006

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Thinking Recursively: With Examples in Java
December 2005
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Citation Count: 1


16 published by ACM
Eric Roberts, Kim Bruce, Rob Cutler, James H. Cross, II, Scott Grissom, Karl Klee, Susan Rodger, Fran Trees, Ian Utting, Frank Yellin
February 2005 ACM SIGCSE Bulletin: Volume 37 Issue 1, 2005
Publisher: ACM
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Citation Count: 1
Downloads (6 Weeks): 2,   Downloads (12 Months): 6,   Downloads (Overall): 262

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SIGCSE 2004 marked the official announcement of the ACM Java Task Force, which is working to develop a stable collection of pedagogical resources that will make it easier to teach Java to first-year computing students. The Java Task Force has received funding from the ACM Education Board, the SIGCSE Special ...
Keywords: CS1, computer science education, Java, teaching libraries
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February 2005  SIGCSE '05: Proceedings of the 36th SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education

17 published by ACM
What can computer science learn from a fine arts approach to teaching?
February 2005 ACM SIGCSE Bulletin: Volume 37 Issue 1, 2005
Publisher: ACM
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Citation Count: 9
Downloads (6 Weeks): 8,   Downloads (12 Months): 26,   Downloads (Overall): 729

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Two pedagogical techniques of IT programs are compared, a traditionally taught computer science (CS) major and an IT certificate program using a fine arts approach to pedagogy. The latter graduates a higher percentage of women than of males. Although the two programs are quite different in the nature of the ...
Keywords: CS education research, pedagogy, classroom management, gender issues
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February 2005  SIGCSE '05: Proceedings of the 36th SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education

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Grid Portal Toolkit 3.0 (GridPort)
Maytal Dahan, Mary Thomas, Eric Roberts, Akhil Seth, Tomislav Urban, David Walling, John R. Boisseau
June 2004 HPDC '04: Proceedings of the 13th IEEE International Symposium on High Performance Distributed Computing
Publisher: IEEE Computer Society
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Citation Count: 4

GridPort is a toolkit for developing Web-based portals and applications for computational science on top of underlying distributed and grid computing infrastructure. GridPort aggregates grid services from popular grid software packages and provides additional grid capabilities, while presenting a simple, consistent API for portal and applications developers.

19 published by ACM
March 2004 ACM SIGCSE Bulletin: Volume 36 Issue 1, March 2004
Publisher: ACM
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Citation Count: 13
Downloads (6 Weeks): 3,   Downloads (12 Months): 19,   Downloads (Overall): 1,112

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In recent years, the languages, paradigms, and tools used to teach computer science have become increasingly complex. This added complexity puts pressure on designers of introductory courses, who must cover more material in an already overcrowded syllabus. The problem of complexity is exacerbated by the fact that languages and tools ...
Keywords: Java, teaching libraries, CS1, computer science education
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March 2004  SIGCSE '04: Proceedings of the 35th SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education

20 published by ACM
Resources to support the use of Java in introductory computer science
March 2004 ACM SIGCSE Bulletin: Volume 36 Issue 1, March 2004
Publisher: ACM
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Citation Count: 12
Downloads (6 Weeks): 4,   Downloads (12 Months): 20,   Downloads (Overall): 497

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Keywords: CS1, computer science education, Java, teaching libraries
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March 2004  SIGCSE '04: Proceedings of the 35th SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education



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