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Easing up on the introductory computer science syllabus: a shift from syntax to concepts

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OOPSLA '09: Proceedings of the 24th ACM SIGPLAN conference companion on Object oriented programming systems languages and applications

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The computer science department has finished a pilot study in a different approach to the courses for its majors in the first year. The introduction of a well-known statically typed language that would eventually serve the students well as they started their careers was postponed, and object-oriented design was also introduced at a slightly later time in that year. This paper describes in detail the changes that were made in the first-year curriculum, and the results of the pilot study.

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Boticki IKatic MMartin S(2013)Exploring the Educational Benefits of Introducing Aspect-Oriented Programming Into a Programming CourseIEEE Transactions on Education10.1109/TE.2012.220911956:2(217-226)Online publication date: 1-May-2013
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1109/TE.2012.2209119
Liang HMorey JSedig K(2012)Using visual tiling patterns to support the teaching of programming conceptsProceedings of IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering (TALE) 201210.1109/TALE.2012.6360400(W1B-5-W1B-10)Online publication date: Aug-2012
https://doi.org/10.1109/TALE.2012.6360400
Heliotis JZanibbi R(2011)Moving away from programming and towards computer science in the CS first yearJournal of Computing Sciences in Colleges10.5555/1859159.185918326:3(115-125)Online publication date: 1-Jan-2011
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/1859159.1859183

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Easing up on the introductory computer science syllabus: a shift from syntax to concepts
1. Software and its engineering
  1. Software notations and tools
    1. General programming languages
      1. Language features
        Abstract data types
        Control structures
        Polymorphism

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OOPSLA '09: Proceedings of the 24th ACM SIGPLAN conference companion on Object oriented programming systems languages and applications

October 2009

502 pages

ISBN:9781605587684

DOI:10.1145/1639950

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Adayana, Inc.
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Technical University of Munich
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University of Central Florida
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University of Victoria
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Microsoft Research

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Boticki IKatic MMartin S(2013)Exploring the Educational Benefits of Introducing Aspect-Oriented Programming Into a Programming CourseIEEE Transactions on Education10.1109/TE.2012.220911956:2(217-226)Online publication date: 1-May-2013
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1109/TE.2012.2209119
Liang HMorey JSedig K(2012)Using visual tiling patterns to support the teaching of programming conceptsProceedings of IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering (TALE) 201210.1109/TALE.2012.6360400(W1B-5-W1B-10)Online publication date: Aug-2012
https://doi.org/10.1109/TALE.2012.6360400
Heliotis JZanibbi R(2011)Moving away from programming and towards computer science in the CS first yearJournal of Computing Sciences in Colleges10.5555/1859159.185918326:3(115-125)Online publication date: 1-Jan-2011
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/1859159.1859183

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