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Putting the computer science in computing education research

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Investing in computing education research to transform computer science education.

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          cover image Communications of the ACM
          Communications of the ACM  Volume 58, Issue 2
          February 2015
          84 pages
          ISSN:0001-0782
          EISSN:1557-7317
          DOI:10.1145/2728770
          • Editor:
          • Moshe Y. Vardi
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