Another breadth-first approach to CS I using Python

SIGCSE Bulletin (Association for Computing Machinery, Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education)

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 248-251

  Shannon, Christine ^a  

^a CENTRE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breadth first curriculum; CS1; Python

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; CURRICULA; HUMAN ENGINEERING; INTERNET; QUERY LANGUAGES; ROBOTICS; SOCIAL ASPECTS; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

BREADTH-FIRST CURRICULUM; PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE PYTHON;

COMPUTER SCIENCE;

EID: 0038011493     PISSN: 00978418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/792548.611980     Document Type: Conference Paper

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