Reflections on teaching abstraction and other soft ideas

Authors:
Orit Hazzan
Affiliations:
Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
Venue:
ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
Year:
2008

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Abstract

This essay relies on my research works about abstraction conducted over the past decade. It addresses the importance of increasing students' awareness to the concept of abstraction and other soft ideas and suggests several approaches for the teaching of soft ideas in general and of the concept of abstraction in particular.