TY - GEN
T1 - Outcomes-based computer science education
AU - Cooper, Stephen
AU - Cassel, Lillian
AU - Moskal, Barbara
AU - Cunningham, Steve
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - As computer science educators, we are being pushed to define (by accreditation agencies, within our institutions, etc.) our courses and programs in terms of measurable outcomes. The Computing Accreditation Commission (CAC) is responsible for reviewing and accrediting computer sciences departments across the United States. As part of this review process, computer science departments must specify and measure student learning objectives and outcomes (see criteria at http://www.abet.org/cacl.html). The same is true for institution-wide accreditation (for example, by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education). Also, faculty who are composing proposals for NSF or other funding agencies are expected to provide descriptions of objectives and outcomes and how these are to be measured.
AB - As computer science educators, we are being pushed to define (by accreditation agencies, within our institutions, etc.) our courses and programs in terms of measurable outcomes. The Computing Accreditation Commission (CAC) is responsible for reviewing and accrediting computer sciences departments across the United States. As part of this review process, computer science departments must specify and measure student learning objectives and outcomes (see criteria at http://www.abet.org/cacl.html). The same is true for institution-wide accreditation (for example, by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education). Also, faculty who are composing proposals for NSF or other funding agencies are expected to provide descriptions of objectives and outcomes and how these are to be measured.
KW - Accreditation
KW - Assessment
KW - Computer Science Education
KW - Outcomes
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=20444488870&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1145/1047124.1047437
DO - 10.1145/1047124.1047437
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:20444488870
SN - 1581139977
SN - 9781581139976
T3 - Proceedings of the Thirty-Sixth SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, SIGCSE 2005
SP - 260
EP - 261
BT - Proceedings of the Thirty-Sixth SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, SIGCSE 2005
PB - Association for Computing Machinery
T2 - Proceedings of the Thirty-Sixth SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, SIGCSE 2005
Y2 - 23 February 2005 through 27 February 2005
ER -