Archive - Teaching CS

Recap post - 2024

I plan, for as long as this newsletter lives, to make the last post of every year a 100-word (or less) summary of each post published earlier that year.

Dec 20, 2024 •

October 2024

Increasing intrinsic motivation

Pick carrots that look tastier

Oct 18, 2024 •

September 2024

The Widening Gap

GenAI can create an illusion of confidence

Sep 11, 2024 •

July 2024

Taking photos impairs memory

Attentional disengagement and cognitive offloading

Jul 29, 2024 •

June 2024

Is live coding worth it?

More students thought the instructor should slow down

Jun 28, 2024 •

May 2024

Learning about learning

Memorizing is good, in some sense

May 17, 2024 •

April 2024

Why pseudocode?

Let's not miss the forest for the trees

Apr 5, 2024 •

March 2024

Off the Mark (review)

by Jack Schneider and Ethan Hutt

Mar 7, 2024 •

January 2024

A history of grades

The shift from internal to external communication

Jan 26, 2024 •

December 2023

Recap post - 2023

I plan, for as long as this newsletter lives, to make the last post of every year a 100-word (or less) summary of each post published earlier that year.

Dec 29, 2023 •

November 2023

Parsons problems

A potential substitute for open-ended problems

Nov 24, 2023 •

October 2023

The Teaching Gap (review)

by James W. Stigler and James Hiebert

Oct 27, 2023 •

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