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Introductory programming reconsidered - a user-oriented approach

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A comprehensive plan for an introductory Computer Science Course is presented, a plan where experience with a computer from the user point of view is a major component, not only for its own sake but as a stimulant for the development of clean programming habits.

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  1. 1 Cherniak, B: Teaching Programming to Beginners - Canadian Computer Education, Vol. 2, Number l, November, 1974.Google ScholarGoogle Scholar
  2. 2 Cashman, W.F. and Mein, W.J.: On the Need for Teaching Problem-Solving in a Computer Science Curriculum - SIGCSE Bulletin, V 7, # 1, Feb. 1975. Google ScholarGoogle ScholarDigital LibraryDigital Library

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      cover image ACM SIGCUE Outlook
      ACM SIGCUE Outlook  Volume 10, Issue SI
      Proceedings of the SIGCSE-SIGCUE joint symposium on Computer science education
      February 1976
      399 pages
      ISSN:0163-5735
      DOI:10.1145/953026
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      • cover image ACM Conferences
        SIGCSE '76: Proceedings of the ACM SIGCSE-SIGCUE technical symposium on Computer science and education
        February 1976
        403 pages
        ISBN:9781450374125
        DOI:10.1145/800107

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