50th SIGCSE TS 2019

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Proceedings SIGCSE '19: Proceedings of the 50th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education
DatesFebruary 27th - March 2nd, 2019 
Theme50th Celebration
LocationMinneapolis, MN, USA
Websitehttp://sigcse2019.sigcse.org/

2019 Awards

2019 SIGCSE Award for Outstanding Contribution to Computer Science Education
Mark Guzdial. For helping to create the field of computing education research, designing and evaluating innovative curricula and pedagogical methods, mentoring the field, and promoting computing as a literacy for all.

2019 SIGCSE Award for Lifetime Service to the Computer Science Education Community
Gloria Childress Townsend. For seventeen years of dedicated service to ACM’s Council on Women in Computing, while transforming her vision for ACM Celebrations into a global project that supports thousands of women around the world.

 

Top Ten Symposium Papers of All Time Award

The SIGCSE Board created an ACM approved SIG award to commemorate the 50th SIGCSE Technical Symposium. The ACM SIGCSE Top Ten Symposium Papers of All Time Award recognizes the outstanding papers published in the first 49 Proceedings of the Annual ACM Technical Symposium.

2019 Technical Symposium Best Papers

CS Education Research track

  • Best paper: James Prather, Raymond Pettit, Brett A. Becker, Paul Denny, Dastyni Loksa, Alani Peters, Zachary Albrecht, and Krista Masci. 2019. First things first: providing metacognitive scaffolding for interpreting problem prompts. ACM Inroads 10, 2 (June 2019), 42–49. https://doi.org/10.1145/3324892

  • 2nd Best paper: Ayaan M. Kazerouni, Clifford A. Shaffer, Stephen H. Edwards, and Francisco Servant. 2019. Assessing Incremental Testing Practices and Their Impact on Project Outcomes. In Proceedings of the 50th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE ’19). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 407–413. https://doi.org/10.1145/3287324.3287366

  • 3rd Best paper: Soohyun Nam Liao, Daniel Zingaro, Christine Alvarado, William G. Griswold, and Leo Porter. 2019. Exploring the Value of Different Data Sources for Predicting Student Performance in Multiple CS Courses. In Proceedings of the 50th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE ’19). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 112–118. https://doi.org/10.1145/3287324.3287407

Experience Reports and Tools

  • Best paper: Andreas Stefik, Richard E. Ladner, William Allee, and Sean Mealin. 2019. Computer Science Principles for Teachers of Blind and Visually Impaired Students. In Proceedings of the 50th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE ’19). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 766–772. https://doi.org/10.1145/3287324.3287453

  • 2nd Best paper: Janet Davis and Samuel A. Rebelsky. 2019. Developing Soft and Technical Skills Through Multi-Semester, Remotely Mentored, Community-Service Projects. In Proceedings of the 50th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE ’19). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 29–35. https://doi.org/10.1145/3287324.3287508

  • 3rd Best paper: Joel C. Adams, Elizabeth R. Koning, and Christiaan D. Hazlett. 2019. Visualizing Classic Synchronization Problems: Dining Philosophers, Producers-Consumers, and Readers-Writers. In Proceedings of the 50th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE ’19). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 934–940. https://doi.org/10.1145/3287324.3287467

New Curricula, Programs, Degrees, and Position Paper track

  • Best paper: Cynthia Taylor and Saheel Sakharkar. 2019. ’);DROP TABLE textbooks;–: An Argument for SQL Injection Coverage in Database Textbooks. In Proceedings of the 50th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE ’19). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 191–197. https://doi.org/10.1145/3287324.3287429

  • 2nd Best paper: Heather Pon-Barry, Audrey St. John, Becky Wai-Ling Packard, and Barbara Rotundo. 2019. A Flexible Curriculum for Promoting Inclusion through Peer Mentorship. In Proceedings of the 50th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE ’19). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 1116–1122. https://doi.org/10.1145/3287324.3287434

  • 3rd Best paper: Austin Cory Bart, Allie Sarver, Michael Friend, and Larry Cox II. 2019. PythonSneks: An Open-Source, Instructionally-Designed Introductory Curriculum with Action-Design Research. In Proceedings of the 50th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE ’19). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 307–313. https://doi.org/10.1145/3287324.3287428