A Survey of Undergraduate Theory of Computation Curricula

Ryan E. Dougherty, Tim Randolph, Tzu Yi Chen, Jeff Erickson, Matthew Ferland, Dennis Komm, Jonathan Liu, Timothy Ng, Seth Poulsen, Smaranda Sandu, Michael Shindler, Edward Talmage, Thomas Zeume

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Abstract

Theory of Computing (ToC) is an important aspect of nearly every undergraduate CS curriculum, as it concerns what computation fundamentally means. However, there has been little research into ToC pedagogy, both within the classroom and how it fits within its institutional context. We propose in this working group to create a survey of current ToC pedagogy. Our goals are to create a standard for teaching ToC, find trends, determine under-researched areas, and to build a community among ToC educators.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationSIGCSE Virtual 2024 - Proceedings of the 2024 ACM Virtual Global Computing Education Conference V. 2
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery
Pages281-282
Number of pages2
ISBN (Electronic)9798400706042
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 5 2024
Event1st ACM Virtual Global Computing Education Conference V. 2, SIGCSE Virtual 2024 - Virtual, Online, United States
Duration: Dec 5 2024Dec 8 2024

Publication series

NameSIGCSE Virtual 2024 - Proceedings of the 2024 ACM Virtual Global Computing Education Conference V. 2

Conference

Conference1st ACM Virtual Global Computing Education Conference V. 2, SIGCSE Virtual 2024
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityVirtual, Online
Period12/5/2412/8/24

Keywords

  • CS course design
  • CS pedagogy
  • technical CS course
  • theory of computing

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Education
  • Computer Science (miscellaneous)

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