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A new environment for teaching introductory computer science

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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin, Volume 15, Issue 1

Pages 258 - 264

https://doi.org/10.1145/952978.801061

Published: 01 February 1983 Publication History

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In 1973, a great amount of frustration was being vented about student inability to formulate and solve problems on a computer; at that time, a suggestion was made to separate problem solving from programming—to make problem solving language independent [1].

This approach was acknowledged in 1978 as one of four common methods of teaching college-level introductory computer science [2]. Finally, in 1981 and 1982, this method, or a variant of it, was widely proclaimed [3] [4] [5].

We adopted this approach of instruction in our introductory course in 1977 and the results have been less than spectacular.

We don't make this point to discredit the approach; its existence has made manifest the necessity of teaching problem solving in an introductory course. Rather, we believe that the added teaching of a separate problem solving methodology is not by itself sufficient.

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Leonard J(1991)Using a software engineering approach to CS1ACM SIGCSE Bulletin10.1145/122697.12270023:4(23-26)Online publication date: 1-Nov-1991
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Schweitzer DTeel S(1989)AIDE: an automated tool for teaching design in an introductory programming courseACM SIGCSE Bulletin10.1145/65294.7120221:1(136-140)Online publication date: 1-Feb-1989
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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin Volume 15, Issue 1

Proceedings of the 14th SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education

February 1983

301 pages

ISSN:0097-8418

DOI:10.1145/952978

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SIGCSE '83: Proceedings of the fourteenth SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
February 1983
307 pages
ISBN:0897910915
DOI:10.1145/800038
Chairmen:
Larry K. Cottrell,
Sheau-Dong Lang,
A. Joe Turner

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