Many colleges typically lose 50% of their CSI students because they possess no fundamental problem solving skill. The development of an interactive learning tool, UNLOCK, teaches students those fundamental skills. This article describes UNLOCK. The goal is to increase CS1 retention, thereby increasing the numbers of CS graduates.
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