Washington teacher Tammie Schrader is so enthusiastic about computer games in education that she thinks they can be used to teach programming skills that lead to college — starting in middle school.

With a severe shortage of college-trained IT workers across the U.S., what’s it going to take to get more students to pursue computer science studies? Two researchers think they have an answer: ...

What might surprise some is that Mattera, Dumont and others who took part in the aquatic battles were doing more than playing computer games. They were building them, and, in the process, learning the ...

KALAMAZOO, MI -- Many schools have all-star athletes. The Kalamazoo Area Math and Science Center has all-star coders. Shannon Houtrouw, a computer science teacher at the enrichment center, has been ...

Games that focus on concepts over programming languages teach students to think like a computer while having a little fun Retail sales and truck driving are two of the most common jobs in America.

In honor of Computer Science Education Week, I am doing a series about Computer Science. The first post was about how I got into the field. Today's topic is "programming for fun." Maybe you're in a ...

The latest survey on the subject, which charts 2007-08 data, showed a widely-reported up-tick in enrollment of 8 percent, which is great for a year-on-year change, but neglects the long-term trend.

It's fun to bend your brain to think that way by playing around with functional languages, but it can be just as interesting to see how easy it is to do that sort of thing in languages you already ...

This is actually wonderful. Barbie’s had 124 careers since 1959, ranging from Stewardess to Paratrooper. Today she gets her 125th: computer engineer. You can tell she’s smart ’cause she’s got glasses, ...

Dear Ann Landers: The letter from “Outmaneuvered in Arizona” hit close to home. He was the man whose wife began an affair over the computer. Six months ago, my wife, “Betsy,” told me I had been ...