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The case for Modula-2 in CS1 and CS2

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Elliot B. KoffmanAuthors Info & Claims

SIGCSE '88: Proceedings of the nineteenth SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education

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https://doi.org/10.1145/52964.52978

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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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

ACM SIGCSE Bulletin Volume 20, Issue 1
Feb. 1988
310 pages
ISSN:0097-8418
DOI:10.1145/52965
Editor:
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Hope College, Holland, MI
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