Evaluating student understanding of core concepts in computer architecture

Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, ITiCSE

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 279-284

  Porter, Leo ^a   Garcia, Saturnino ^b   Tseng, Hung Wei ^c   Zingaro, Daniel ^d  

^a SKIDMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Assessment; Computer architecture; Curriculum

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE COURSE; COMPUTER SCIENCE COURSE; CONCEPT QUESTIONS; LIBERAL ARTS; POSSIBLE FUTURES; PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES;

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; CURRICULA; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; STUDENTS;

TEACHING;

EID: 84881190582     PISSN: 1942647X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2462476.2462490     Document Type: Conference Paper

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