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Steven Shaffer

Associate Teaching Professor

Affiliation(s):

  • School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
  • Computer Science and Engineering

W357 Westgate Building

scs12@psu.edu

814-863-1943

Interest Areas:

Distance education; Computer science education

 
 

 

Education

  • BA, Computer Science, Temple University, 1986
  • MS, Computer Science, Villanova University, 1990
  • D ED, Adult Education, Penn State University, 2006

Publications

Journal Articles

  • Steven Shaffer, 2015, "A brief overview of theories of learning to program"
  • Steven Shaffer, Mary Beth Ros andon, , 2013, "Increasing student success by modifying course delivery based on student submission data", 4, (4), pp. 5
  • Steven Shaffer, 2012, "Distance Education Assessment Infrastructure and Process Design Based on International Standard 23988", 15, (2)
  • Steven Shaffer, 2005, "System Dynamics in Distance Education and a Call to Develop a Standard Model", 6, (3)
  • Steven Shaffer, 2005, "Ludwig: An online programming tutoring and assessment system", 37, (2)
  • Steven Shaffer, 2004, "The uses of systems theory in distance education", 13, (7)
  • Steven Shaffer, 2004, "An Algorithm for Comparing Labeled Graphs", 6, (3)
  • Steven Shaffer, 2000, "Data Partitioning, Code Inspections and Pathological Programs", 4, (Summer)
  • Steven Shaffer, 1994, "Staff Scheduling: Issues and Answers", ASLTCN Journal

Conference Proceedings

  • Steven Shaffer, 2015, "Designing the Ideal Assessment System to Support Mastery Learning of Computer Programming in an Online Environment"
  • Jeffrey C. Rimland, Steven Shaffer and David L Hall, 2014, "• A Hitchhiker’s guide to developing software for hard and soft information fusion"
  • Steven Shaffer, 2013, "Automated generation and grading of programming assignments", Association of Computing Machinery
  • Steven Shaffer, 2012, "Developing a diagnostic test for introductory computer science courses: An application of cognitive diagnostic modeling", Vancouver, BC, Canada
  • Steven Shaffer, 2004, "Putting the self back in the social: rescuing cognitivism from incautious rhetoric", 2004, (May)
  • Steven Shaffer, 1997, "Building a model to test the capacity-speed hypotheses", Eighth Annual Student Convention in Gerontology and Geriatrics
  • Steven Shaffer, 1991, "A Rule Based Expert System for Automated Staff Scheduling", IEEE Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 1991
  • Steven Shaffer, 1991, "Implementing a Simple Rule-Based Expert System in INGRES", North American INGRES Users Association Conference, 1991
  • Steven Shaffer, 1987, "Microcomputer Human Operator Simulator", Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 31, (10)
  • Steven Shaffer, , "Automatic theory generation from analyst text files using coherence networks", SPIE

Magazines/Trade Publications

  • Steven Shaffer, 1997, "Try cross-cultural training", 1997, (September 29)

Other

  • Steven Shaffer, 2013, "A Gentle Introduction to Computer Programming Fundamentals"
  • Steven Shaffer, 2013, "A Brief Introduction to Software Development and Quality Assurance Management"
  • Steven Shaffer, 2013, "PLEASE: Programming Learning Evaluation and Assessment System for Education"
  • Steven Shaffer, 2013, "Peer review submission"
  • Steven Shaffer, 2012, "Introduction to Programming Using PLEASE", (6th)
  • Steven Shaffer, 2000, "CGI Programming in C++"
  • Steven Shaffer, 1996, "The effects of different types of strategy training on the reading performance of young and old adults"
  • Steven Shaffer, 1987, "Application of expert systems in project management decision aiding", 1987

Research Projects

Honors and Awards

Service

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About

The School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science was created in the spring of 2015 to allow greater access to courses offered by both departments for undergraduate and graduate students in exciting collaborative research fields.

We offer B.S. degrees in electrical engineering, computer science, computer engineering and data science and graduate degrees (master's degrees and Ph.D.'s) in electrical engineering and computer science and engineering. EECS focuses on the convergence of technologies and disciplines to meet today’s industrial demands.

School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

The Pennsylvania State University

207 Electrical Engineering West

University Park, PA 16802

814-863-6740

Department of Computer Science and Engineering

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Department of Electrical Engineering

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