Understanding Programming: An Introduction Using Java (with InfoTrac) - Softcover

Cannon, Scott R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0534389333 ISBN 13: 9780534389338

Publisher: Course Technology, 2002

Synopsis

This text is focused on teaching Java as a first language using two principles: First, students learn best when they see and appreciate an immediate need. Second, students learn best by doing and experiencing. In the first few chapters, the book starts with a breadth-first approach. Students learn one way to do I/O, one variable type, one way to do a condition, and one loop statement. Quickly, students begin coding useful and interesting programs with this subset of Java. Taking a spiral approach, the author introduces a concept or method in simplified form and gradually, as the need for more capability is demonstrated, expands upon it until the full concept is presented. Chapters are teaching units, not topic units, and the text avoids teaching mechanisms and concepts that allow errors students are not yet ready to understand. Students gain confidence and are excited to learn more as the course progresses.

About this title

About the Author

Scott Cannon is a Professor of Computer Science at Utah State University. His research areas include parallel systems, imbedded systems, and fault-tolerant systems.

Edition details

• Publisher: Course Technology
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0534389333
• ISBN 13: 9780534389338
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 384