The Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges

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1 The Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges Volume 27, Number 4 April 2012

2 The Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges Papers of the Twenty Third Annual CCSC South Central Conference April 20-21, 2012 West Texas A&M University Canyon, Texas Papers of the Fifth Annual CCSC Southwestern Conference March 23-24, 2012 University of the Pacific Stockton, California John Meinke, Editor UMUC Europe George Benjamin, Associate Editor Muhlenberg College Peter Gabrovsky, Contributing Editor CSU Northridge Susan T. Dean, Associate Editor UMUC Europe Laura Baker, Contributing Editor St. Edward s University Michael Doherty, Contributing Editor University of the Pacific Volume 27, Number 4 April 2012

3 The Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges (ISSN print, digital) is published at least six times per year and constitutes the refereed papers of regional conferences sponsored by the Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges. Printed in the USA. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Paul Wiedemeier, CCSC Membership Chair, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, The University of Louisiana at Monroe, Computer Science and CIS Department, 700 University Avenue, Administration Building, Room 2-37, Monroe, LA Copyright 2012 by the Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges. Permission to copy without fee all or part of this material is granted provided that the copies are not made or distributed for direct commercial advantage, the CCSC copyright notice and the title of the publication and its date appear, and notice is given that copying is by permission of the Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges. To copy otherwise, or to republish, requires a fee and/or specific permission. ii

4 TABLE OF CONTENTS THE CONSORTIUM FOR COMPUTING SCIENCES IN COLLEGES BOARD OF DIRECTORS vii CCSC NATIONAL PARTNERS FOREWORD John Meinke, UMUC Europe viii viii PAPERS OF THE TWENTY THIRD ANNUAL CCSC SOUTH CENTRAL CONFERENCE WELCOME TO THE TWENTY THIRD ANNUAL (2012) CCSC SOUTH CENTRAL CONFERENCE Laura J. Bake,, St. Edward s University, Rajan Alex, West Texas A&M University 2012 SOUTH CENTRAL STEERING COMMITTEE AND CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REVIEWERS 2012 CCSC SOUTH CENTRAL CONFERENCE AN INDUSTRY VIEW OF COMPUTER SCIENCE/COMPUTER ENGINEERING/SOFTWARE ENGINEERING EDUCATION AND ACCREDITATION KEYNOTE ADDRESS Dennis Frailey, ACM Distinguished Speaker INTRODUCTION TO PROGRAMMING WITH THE FINCH ROBOT PRE- CONFERENCE WORKSHOP Anne-Marie Eubanks, Robert G. Strader, Stephen F. Austin State University DESIGNING COURSES FOR HYBRID INSTRUCTION: PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE Rob Wood, Esmail Bonakdarian, Todd Whittaker, Franklin University TECHNOLOGY-SUPPORTED COLLABORATIVE SERVICE LEARNING IN UNDERGRADUATE COMPUTER SCIENCE COURSES Gwendolyn Walton, Florida Southern College iii

5 PYTHON AND VISUAL LOGIC - A GOOD COMBINATION FOR CS Krishna K. Agarwal, Louisiana State University in Shreveport, Achla Agarwal, Bossier Parish Community College, Leslie Fife, Louisiana State University in Shreveport MULTI-CORE PROGRAMMING IN JAVA CONFERENCE TUTORIAL Timothy J. McGuire, Sam Houston State University DESIGNING AND IMPLEMENTING UNSUPERVISED ONLINE DATABASE LABS Gang Qian, University of Central Oklahoma TEACHING COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE THROUGH SIMULATION (A BRIEF EVALUATION OF CPU SIMULATORS) Timothy Stanley, Utah Valley University, Vasu Chetty, Matthew Styles, Shin- Young Jung, Fabricio Duarte, Tin-Wai Joseph Lee, Michael Gunter, Brigham Young University - Hawaii, Leslie Fife, LSUS INTEGRATING MICROCONTROLLERS IN UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM William Albrecht, Paul Bender, Kay Kussmann, McNeese State University SIMPLE COMPUTER SECURITY EXERCISES FOR EVERY CLASS ROOM CONFERENCE TUTORIAL Nadine Hanebutte, St. John Fisher College AN EFFECTIVE EDUCATIONAL MODULE FOR BOOTH'S MULTIPLICATION ALGORITHM Christopher M. Jenkins, Trinity University, Adam D. Voss, Luther College, David Furcy, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh BUILDING A BETTER UNIVERSITY iphone APPLICATION Ongard Sirisaengtaksin, Maxwell Goedjen, Brian Holtkamp, University of Houston-Downtown THE SECURITY ASSESSMENT TEACHING CASE MODULE James W. McGuffee, St. Edward's University, B. Bhagyavati, Columbus State University, Jagadeesh Nandigam, Grand Valley State University, Walter W. Schilling, Jr., Milwaukee School of Engineering BEHAVIOR-DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE TUTORIAL Michael Kart, St. Edward's University A GENTLE INTRODUCTION TO FUZZY SETS Rajan Alex, West Texas A&M University iv

6 INTRODUCTION TO ANDROID CONFERENCE TUTORIAL Ken T. N. Hartness, Sam Houston State University PAPERS OF THE FIFTH ANNUAL CCSC SOUTHWESTERN CONFERENCE.. 85 WELCOME TO THE 2012 CCSC SOUTHWESTERN CONFERENCE Michael Doherty, University of the Pacific 2012 SOUTHWESTERN CONFERENCE COMMITTEE CCSC SOUTHWESTERN REGION BOARD OFFICERS REVIEWERS 2012 CCSC SOUTHWESTERN CONFERENCE THE BEAUTY AND JOY OF COMPUTING (BJC), AP CS PRINCIPLES, AND THE CS 10K EFFORT KEYNOTE ADDRESS Dan Garcia, UC Berkeley THE "BIG TENT" OF COMPUTER SCIENCE: CURRICULA FOR THE COMING DECADE DINNER ADDRESS Mehran Sahami, Stanford University NSF FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES KEYNOTE ADDRESS Guy-Alain Amoussou, National Science Foundation DATA MINING FOR STUDENT RETENTION MANAGEMENT Shieu-Hong Lin, Biola University KNOW YOUR STUDENTS TO INCREASE DIVERSITY: RESULTS OF A STUDY OF COMMUNITY COLLEGE WOMEN AND MEN IN COMPUTER SCIENCE COURSES Linda Werner, University of California, Jill Denner, Lisa O'Connor, ETR Associates CLASSIFYING PROBLEMS TO EXPLAIN PATTERNS OF CORRELATION ON THE 1988 ADVANCED PLACEMENT COMPUTER SCIENCE EXAM Allyson J. Lam, Colleen M. Lewis, Chong (Luke) Lu, Ian B. Ornstein, Dasun Wang, University of California, Berkeley SNAP! (BUILD YOUR OWN BLOCKS) TUTORIAL PRESENTATION Dan Garcia, Luke Segars, UC Berkeley, Josh Paley, Henry M. Gunn High School in Palo Alto THE IMPACTS OF PROVIDING NOVICE COMPUTER SCIENCE STUDENTS WITH A SECOND CHANCE ON THEIR MIDTERM EXAMS Ben Stephenson, University of Calgary v

7 TEACHING CAPTCHA IN A PHP PROGRAMMING COURSE Penn Wu, Pedro Manrique, DeVry University Sherman Oaks USING SCRUM IN A QUARTER-LENGTH UNDERGRADUATE SOFTWARE ENGINEERING COURSE Linda Werner, Dominic Arcamone, Ben Ross, University of California LEARNING FROM DATABASE PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS Jennifer Ortiz, Suzanne W. Dietrich, Mahesh B. Chaudhari, Arizona State University SENIOR PROJECT: GAME DEVELOPMENT USING GREENFOOT Karen Villaverde, Bretton Murphy, New Mexico State University RELATING AUTOMATA TO OTHER FIELDS Pradip Peter Dey, Mohammad Amin, Gordon W. Romney, Bhaskar Raj Sinha, Ronald F. Gonzales, Alireza Farahani and Hassan Badkoobehi, National University DATABASE ANIMATIONS FOR MANY MAJORS CONFERENCE TUTORIAL Suzanne W. Dietrich, Arizona State University, Don Goelman, Villanova University PROVEN STRATEGIES THAT INCREASE PARTICIPATION OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN COMPUTING CONFERENCE TUTORIAL Renee L. Ciezki, Estrella Mountain Community College INDEX OF AUTHORS vi

8 THE CONSORTIUM FOR COMPUTING SCIENCES IN COLLEGES BOARD OF DIRECTORS Following is a listing of the contact information for the members of the Board of Directors and the Officers of the Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges (along with the year of expiration of their terms), as well as members serving the Board: Bob Neufeld, President (2012), P. O. Box 421, North Newton, KS 67117, (H), [email protected]. Laura J. Baker, Vice-President (2012), Computer Sciences Department, St. Edward's University, Box 910, 3001 S. Congress Ave, Austin, TX 78704, , [email protected]. Paul Wiedemeier, Membership Chair (2013),The University of Louisiana at Monroe, Computer Science and CIS Department, 700 University Avenue, Monroe, LA 71209, (O), (fax), [email protected]. Bill Myers, Treasurer (2014), Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges 100 Belmont-Mount Holly Road Belmont Abbey College Belmont, NC , (704) , FAX: (704) , [email protected]. John Meinke, Publications Chair (2012), US Post: CMR 420, Box 3368, APO AE 09063; (H) Werderstraße 8, D Oftersheim, Germany, (H), [email protected]. Colleen Lewis, Southwestern Representative (2014), University of California at Berkeley, 329 Soda Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720, , [email protected]. Elizabeth S. Adams, Eastern Representative (2014), James Madison University - Mail Stop 4103, CISAT - Department of Computer Science, Harrisonburg, VA 22807, (fax), [email protected]. Jeff Lehman, Midwestern Representative (2014), Mathematics and Computer Science Department, Huntington University, 2303 College Avenue, Huntington, IN 46750, , [email protected]. Scott Sigman, Central Plains Representative (2014), Drury University, 900 E. Benton Ave., Springfield, MO 65802, , [email protected]. Kevin Treu, Southeastern Representative (2012), Furman University, Dept of Computer Science, Greenville, SC 29613, (O), [email protected]. Timothy J. McGuire, South Central Representative (2012), Sam Houston State University, Department of Computer Science, Huntsville, Texas , , [email protected]. Brent Wilson, Northwestern Representative (2012), George Fox University, 414 N. Meridian St, Newberg, OR 97132, (O), (fax), [email protected]. Pat Ormond, Rocky Mountain Representative (2013), Utah Valley University, 800 West University Parkway, Orem, UT 84058, (O), (cell), [email protected]. L a w rence D ' A n t onio, N o rtheastern Representative (2013), Ramapo College of New Jersey, Computer Science Dept., Mahwah, NJ 07430, , [email protected]. Linda Sherrell, MidSouth Representative (2013), University of Memphis, 209 Dunn Hall, Memphis, TN 38152, (O), [email protected]. Serving the Board: The following CCSC members are serving in positions as indicated that support the Board: Will Mitchell, Conference Coordinator, 1455 S Greenview Ct, Shelbyville, IN , (H), [email protected]. George Benjamin, Associate Editor, Muhlenberg College, Mathematical Sciences Dept., Allentown, PA 18104, (O), (H), [email protected]. Susan Dean, Associate Editor, US Post: CMR 420, Box 3369, APO AE 09063; Werderstraße 8, D Oftersheim, Germany (H), [email protected]. Robert Bryant, Comptroller, MSC 2615, Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA 99258, , [email protected]. Mark Goadrich, National Partners Chair, Centenary College of Louisiana, 2901 Centenary Boulevard, Shreveport, LA 71104, , [email protected]. Brent Wilson, Database Administrator, George Fox University, 414 N. Meridian St, Newberg, OR 97132, (O), (fax), [email protected]. Myles McNally, Webmaster, Alma College, 614 W. Superior St., Alma, MI 48801, (O), (fax), [email protected]. vii

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