Keywords
education
problem solving
workforce
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Abstract
The panelists, all of them competitive programming
team coaches and college educators, share their experiences in
teaching and working with competitive programming students
and teams. The panel uses as the model the International
Collegiate Programming Competition (ICPC) but additionally
will describe other formats and resources including activities
for K-12. We compare various competitive programming courses
and different ways of incorporating components of computing
courses into them. We discuss the payoffs for participating
students of varying backgrounds and interests, aptitudes, and
motivations, as well as payoffs to industry and academia in
terms of developing the best-prepared workforce. We extract
best practices and provide practical suggestions for how panel
attendees can effectively leverage existing tools and materials into
their own courses and extracurricular activities.
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