A concepts-first introduction to computer science

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

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 432-436

  Goldman, Kenneth J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Concepts first curriculum

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTS-FIRST CURRICULUM; GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATIONS; PROGRAMMING ABSTRACTIONS;

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; CURRICULA; GRAPHIC METHODS; JAVA PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; STUDENTS;

COMPUTER SCIENCE;

EID: 33646822811     PISSN: 00978418     EISSN: 00978418     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1028174.971446     Document Type: Conference Paper

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