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A study of the first course in computers

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This paper describes the first course in computers as taught at community colleges, colleges, or universities. The paper is divided into two major parts. The first part describes four Approaches and three courses. The four Approaches refer to the mix of language constructs and computer concepts; the Approaches underlie the presentation used in teaching the three courses. The second part discusses the frequency of occurrence of these courses based on a survey performed by Addison-Wesley.

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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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