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This is an informal forum on the topic of Research Methods related 
to Computer Science Education. This list is a moderated listserv 
mailing list with an open subscription policy. It is dedicated to 
topics of research in computer science education. Appropriate 
subscribers include anyone interested in the intersection of 
three areas: 
    * computer science
    * educational issues
    * research methods
We anticipate that most subscribers will be involved with teaching 
computer science and interested in designing educational research 
studies related to those experiences. 

** APPROPRIATE TOPICS **
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Qualitative and quantitative methods, analysis of data, nailing 
down research questions, navigating institutional red tape, and 
ethical issues of research are all within the realm of this list.
The gist of messages posted to csed-research should be related to 
RESEARCH in CS Education. 

Areas that are appropriate for discussion include (but are not 
restricted to!) the following:
- Personal introductions, focusing on research interests
- Inquiries or obsercations about research topics or research 
  methods 
- Reviews of research articles related to CS Education 
- Reviews of articles, books, software, etc. useful for 
  those doing educational research.
- Announcements of conferences, workshops, special issues 
  of journals, etc.
- Reports from conferences and workshops
- Efforts to improve the refereeing process of conferences 
  and journals as well as the quality of submitted articles 

** HISTORY OF THIS LIST **
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The original subscribers to this list were participants in 
tutorials given by Vicki Almstrum and others at the ACM SIGCSE
Technical Symposia since 1994 and at CSEE since 1995. The 
listserv version has been set up following the 1997 ACM SIGCSE
Technical Symposium.

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