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Teaching The Writing of Secure Code

Computer Science Teacher

One of the great problems of teaching computer science is that there is a limited amount of time to teach and an unlimited amount of things that can be taught. There is very little degree of agreement of what must be taught. Teachers do the best they can but there is a good amount of variation on what gets taught. One thing that seems to always (or close to always) get left out is writing safe and secure code.

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Giving Students Agency to Help Tilt the World

Middle Web

Eighth grade teacher Sarah Cooper shares a class snapshot to show how much our students can understand. She believes it's the obligation of social studies teachers (and others) to explore imperative issues of the past and present, "even when it would be infinitely easier not to." The post Giving Students Agency to Help Tilt the World first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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Three stories about how CS is overwhelming, and ideas for how we can do better

Computing Education Research Blog

When we looked at how PCAS students thought about our classes (for our SIGCSE 2025 experience report ), I was surprised at students use of the word overwhelming when talking about CS classes. I was pleased that they positively contrasted our courses with CS classes that they had taken previously, but I didnt realize how much baggage the students brought with them how negatively they perceived computer science.

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Mar 31, Digital SAT Math Problems and Solutions (Part - 134)

Online Math for All

Digital SAT Math Problems and Solutions (Part - 134)

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Can Brain Science Actually Help Make Your Training & Teaching Stick?

Speaker: Andrew Cohen, Founder & CEO of Brainscape

The instructor’s PPT slides are brilliant. You’ve splurged on the expensive interactive courseware. Student engagement is stellar. So… why are half of your students still forgetting everything they learned in just a matter of weeks? It's likely a matter of cognitive science! With so much material to "teach" these days, we often forget to incorporate key proven principles into our curricula — namely active recall, metacognition, spaced repetition, and interleaving practice.

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Mar 30, Digital SAT Math Problems and Solutions (Part - 133)

Online Math for All

Digital SAT Math Problems and Solutions (Part - 133)

Math 59