The chilling descent: making the transition to a conventional curriculum

Authors:
Prabhakar Ragde
Affiliations:
University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
Venue:
Proceedings of the 2008 international workshop on Functional and declarative programming in education
Year:
2008

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Abstract

The transitional course following an introduction to computer science using functional programming must prepare students to handle a traditional, imperative-based curriculum while ensuring that the lessons of the introductory course are not lost. This paper describes the design of a second course using both Scheme and C, and examines the rationales behind the major design decisions.