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A balanced approach to first-year computer science

Published: 01 March 1992 Publication History

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We describe a first-year course sequence for computer science majors that covers most of the traditional first-year concepts, providing a balance between formal analysis and software synthesis, with examples and assignments in three high-level programming languages: Pascal, Scheme (a lexically scoped dialect of Lisp), and C. We argue that this balanced, tri-lingual approach promotes more effective pedagogy and provides students with a broader foundation than does an all-formal, all-programming, or single-language focus.

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Programming for People/Pascal, by David G. Kay (Mayfield, 1985);
[3]
The Little Lisper, third edition, by Daniel P. Friedman and Matthias Felleisen (SRA, 1989).
[4]
The Scheme Programming Language, by R. Kent Dybvig (Prentice-Hall, 1987).
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Programming in C, by Lawrence H. Miller and Alex Quilici (Wiley, 1986).
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From Pascal to C: An Introduction to the C Programming Language, by Douglas L. Brown (Wadsworth, 1985).
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C as a Second Language for Native Speakers of Pascal, by Tomasz Miildner and Peter W. Steele (Addison-Wesley, 1988)
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Scheme and The Art of Programming, by George Springer and Daniel Friedman (MIT Press/McGraw- Hill, 1989).

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cover image ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
ACM SIGCSE Bulletin  Volume 24, Issue 1
March 1992
313 pages
ISSN:0097-8418
DOI:10.1145/135250
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    SIGCSE '92: Proceedings of the twenty-third SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
    March 1992
    332 pages
    ISBN:0897914686
    DOI:10.1145/134510
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Published: 01 March 1992
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  • (1996)Incorporating an Object-Oriented Programming Language into the First Year of a Software Engineering EducationProceedings of the 1996 International Conference on Software Engineering: Education and Practice (SE:EP '96)10.5555/829500.829931Online publication date: 24-Jan-1996
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  • (1996)Language Choice for CS1 and CS2: Experiences from Two UniversitiesComputer Science Education10.1080/08993409600701037:1(35-51)Online publication date: Jan-1996

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