Pondering variables and direct instruction

Abstract

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Robin K. Hill considers the nature of variables, while Mark Guzdial reflects on renewed interest in the "direct instruction model."

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Index Terms

• Computing methodologies

  • Machine learning

    • Machine learning approaches

      • Learning in probabilistic graphical models

        • Latent variable models

• Social and professional topics

  • Professional topics

    • Computing education

      • Computing education programs

        • Computer science education

• Software and its engineering

  • Software organization and properties

    • Software system structures