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What do the experts say?: teaching introductory design from an expert's perspective

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Tracy L. Lewis,

Mary Beth Rosson,

Manuel A. Pérez-QuiñonesAuthors Info & Claims

ACM SIGCSE Bulletin, Volume 36, Issue 1

Pages 296 - 300

https://doi.org/10.1145/1028174.971405

Published: 01 March 2004 Publication History

Abstract

This study examined ways to improve students' chances of success learning design concepts through the use of Object-Oriented Programming and Design (OOP&D) patterns by examining potentially effective ways to teach such patterns to novice programmers. Using hierarchical tree, complete-linkage analysis to survey a group of design experts, the study developed an order in which those experts believed thirty fundamental OOP&D patterns should be taught to optimize effective student learning. Once that basic order was identified, it became possible to divide the patterns into six sequential phases of patterns instruction to allow both maximal teaching and learning. Although the study did not present a conclusively effective approach for OOP&D teaching, it did provide information essential for future sequential phase patterns research.

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Index Terms

What do the experts say?: teaching introductory design from an expert's perspective
1. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Computing education
      1. Computing education programs
        Computer science education
2. Software and its engineering
  1. Software notations and tools
    1. General programming languages
      1. Language features
        Classes and objects
        Control structures
        Procedures, functions and subroutines
      2. Language types
        Object oriented languages

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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin Volume 36, Issue 1

March 2004

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DOI:10.1145/1028174

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SIGCSE '04: Proceedings of the 35th SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
March 2004
544 pages
ISBN:1581137982
DOI:10.1145/971300
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The College of New Jersey
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