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| Content Provider | ACM Digital Library |
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| Author | Fernandez, Eduardo B. Cheng, Liang Jiang, Zhen |
| Abstract | We introduce a new method for non-computer-science majors to learn computer programming, in order to quickly prepare them for their own major study or research work. Traditional computer science programs ignore the need for such quick training, forcing them to take several semesters and many foundation courses with computer-science (CS) majors. Because those students lack sufficient background knowledge, they cannot achieve the education goal as a CS graduate may have in those courses. On the other hand, the existing entry-level training focuses on the systematic study of fundamental materials for the long-term CS career. It lacks attraction to students who are pursuing immediate support for their specified applications. An effective approach is needed to attract non-CS majors and to keep them working hard on those materials with a significant technical depth. Loops are one of the basic programming structures but we often overlook the challenge in its learning process. By using our practice at West Chester University as an example, we demonstrate the challenges as well as our success for our non-CS majors to quickly learn to develop loops correctly. On one hand, we adopt the disciplined training model with many subtasks that is commonly used in China m order to cover all the required materials. On the other hand, we adopt the model that is commonly used in American classes and use commercial off-the-shelf products, games, work templates, etc. in order to help students form the abstractions, understand the corresponding materials, gain the appropriate skills, and achieve each intermediate task goal. This pattern provides a solution for a complex education problem in a short time scale. |
| Starting Page | 1 |
| Ending Page | 9 |
| Page Count | 9 |
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| ISBN | 9781450312837 |
| DOI | 10.1145/2578903.2579163 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) |
| Publisher Date | 2011-10-21 |
| Publisher Place | New York |
| Access Restriction | Subscribed |
| Subject Keyword | Programming teaching Stem education Pedagogical pattern Course curriculum Pattern learning |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
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