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Shriram KrishnamurthiAuthors Info & Claims

Communications of the ACM, Volume 52, Issue 7

Pages 37 - 40

https://doi.org/10.1145/1538788.1538803

Published: 01 July 2009 Publication History

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Aligning computer science with high school mathematics can help turn it into an essential subject for all students.

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Why computer science doesn't matter
1. Applied computing
  1. Education
2. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Computing education
      1. Computing education programs
        Computer science education
        Information science education
    2. Management of computing and information systems
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Communications of the ACM Volume 52, Issue 7

Barbara Liskov: ACM's A.M. Turing Award Winner

July 2009

141 pages

ISSN:0001-0782

EISSN:1557-7317

DOI:10.1145/1538788

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