A Theory Based Introductory Programming Course

Michael Reichhardt Hansen; Jens Thyge Kristensen; Hans Rischel

doi:10.1109/FIE.1999.839230

A Theory Based Introductory Programming Course

Michael Reichhardt Hansen, Jens Thyge Kristensen, Hans Rischel

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This paper presents an introductory programming course designed to teach programming as an intellectual activity. The course emphasizes understandable concepts which can be useful in designing programs, while the oddities of today's technology are considered of secondary importance. An important goal is to fight the trial-and-error approach to programming which is a result of the students battles with horribly designed and documented systems and languages prior to their studies at university. Instead, the authors strive for giving the students a good experience of programming as a systematic, intellectual activity where the solution of a programming problem can be described in an understandable way. The approach is illustrated by an example which is a commented solution of a problem posed to the students in the course.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Frontiers in Education
Publisher	IEEE
Publication date	1999
ISBN (Print)	0-7803-5643-8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE.1999.839230
Publication status	Published - 1999
Event	29th Annual Frontiers in Education Conference - San Juan, Puerto Rico Duration: 1 Jan 1999 → …

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Conference	29th Annual Frontiers in Education Conference
City	San Juan, Puerto Rico
Period	01/01/1999 → …

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