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The case for Modula-2 in CS1 and CS2

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Elliot B. KoffmanAuthors Info & Claims

ACM SIGCSE Bulletin, Volume 20, Issue 1

Pages 49 - 53

https://doi.org/10.1145/52965.52978

Published: 01 February 1988 Publication History

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During 1984 and 1985 I was part of an ACM Task Force to update the recommended curricula for CSI and CS2, the first two courses in programming methods for computer science majors. Our findings were reported in the communications of the ACM (Koffman, 1984 and 1985). The objectives of CS1 and CS2 as stated in these reports follow.

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Brumfield, J.A., "Teaching Operating Systems with Modula-2," Proceedings of the Seventeenth SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, February, 1986, pp. 273-282.

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Koffman, E. B., Miller, P. L., and Wardle, C. E. "Recommended Curriculum for CSI, 1984," Communications of the ACM 27, i0 (Oct. 1984), 998-1001.

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Koffman, E. B., Stemple D., and Wardle, C.E. "Recommended Curriculum for CS2, 1984," Communications of the ACM 28, 8 (Aug. 1985), 815-818.

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Wirth, N. Programming in Modula-2, Third Edition, Springer-Verlag, New York, 1985.

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The case for Modula-2 in CS1 and CS2
1. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Computing education
      1. Computing education programs
        Computer science education
      2. Model curricula
    2. Computing profession
      1. Computing organizations
2. Software and its engineering
  1. Software notations and tools
    1. General programming languages
      1. Language types

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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin Volume 20, Issue 1

Feb. 1988

310 pages

ISSN:0097-8418

DOI:10.1145/52965

Editor:
Herbert L. Dershem
Hope College, Holland, MI

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SIGCSE '88: Proceedings of the nineteenth SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
February 1988
316 pages
ISBN:089791256X
DOI:10.1145/52964
Editor:
Herbert L. Dershem
Hope College, Holland, MI

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