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A historical, generalistic, and complementary approach in introductory computer science education

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A polished version of “Computers and Programming” of ACM Curriculum 68 is presented. The central theme here is the design philosophy of the course. The approach is (1) historical, in that it quickly draws an idealized picture of the history of computers and programming. It is (2) generalistic, in that it teaches various sides of the subject, including advanced software engineering ideas, in parallel in a balanced manner. Finally, it is (3) complementary, in that it takes into account the fact that a conventional Fortran course, corresponding to “Introduction to Computing” of Curriculum 68, is being taught simultaneously by another instructor.

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          cover image ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
          ACM SIGCSE Bulletin  Volume 10, Issue 3
          Proceedings of the 9th SIGCSE symposium on Computer science education
          August 1978
          178 pages
          ISSN:0097-8418
          DOI:10.1145/953028
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            SIGCSE '78: Proceedings of the ninth SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
            August 1978
            178 pages
            ISBN:9781450374347
            DOI:10.1145/800130

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