Reflections on the Teaching of Programming

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Published by Springer Berlin Heidelberg Mai 2008, 2008

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This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -For50years,wehavebeenteachingprogramming.Inthattime,wehaveseen- mentouschanges.Fromteachinga rstcourseusinganassemblylanguageorF- tran I to using sophisticated functional and OO programming languages. From computerstouchedonlybyprofessionaloperatorstocomputersthatchildrenplay with. From input on paper tape and punch cards, with hour-long waits for o- put from computer runs, to instant keyboard input and instant compilation and execution.Fromdebuggingprogramsusingpages-longoctaldumpsofmemoryto sophisticateddebuggingsystemsembeddedinIDEs.Fromsmall,toyassignments to ones that inspire because of the ability to include GUIs and other supporting software. From little knowledge or few theories of the programming process to structured programming, stepwise re nement, formal development methodo- gies based on theories of correctness, and software engineering principles. And yet, teaching programming still seems to be a black art. There is no consensus on what the programming process is, much less on how it should be taught. We do not do well on teaching testing and debugging. We have debates notonlyonwhether toteachOO rstbutonwhether it can be taught rst.This muddled situation manifests itself in several ways. Retention is often a problem. Our colleaguesin other disciplines expect students to be able to programalmost anything after a course or two, and many complain that this does not happen. In some sense, we are still oundering, just as we were 50 years ago. Part of the problem may be that we are not sure what we are teaching. Are we simply providing knowledge, or are we attempting to impart a skill Many introductorytextsareorientedatteachingprograms ratherthanprogramming theycontainlittle materialonthe programmingprocessandonproblemsolving. 276 pp. Englisch.

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Title
Reflections on the Teaching of Programming
Author
Jens Bennedsen
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg Mai 2008
Publication year
2008
Condition
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Binding
Taschenbuch
Language
English
ISBN 10
3540779337
ISBN 13
9783540779339
Item weight
423 grams
Dimensions
235x155x16 mm

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